Community-based continuity of midwifery care versus standard hospital care: a cost analysis.

Homer, CS; Matha, DV; Jordan, LG; Wills, J; Davis, GK

Community-based continuity of midwifery care versus standard hospital care: a cost analysis.

Homer, CS

Matha, DV Jordan, LG Wills, J Davis, GK

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Citation:: Australian health review : a publication of the Australian Hospital Association, 2001, 24 (1), pp. 85 - 93
Issue Date:: 2001-01-01

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Homer, CS https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7454-3011	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Matha, DV	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Jordan, LG	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Wills, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Davis, GK	en_US
dc.date.issued	2001-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Australian health review : a publication of the Australian Hospital Association, 2001, 24 (1), pp. 85 - 93	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0156-5788	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/4622
dc.description.abstract	This paper reports the costs of providing a new model of maternity care compared to standard care in an Australian public hospital. The mean cost of providing care per woman was lower in the group who had the new model of care compared with standard care ($2,579 versus $3,483). Cost savings associated with new model of care were maintained even after costs associated with admission to special care nursery were excluded. The cost saving was also sustained even when the caesarean section rate in the new model of care increased to beyond that of the standard care group.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Australian health review : a publication of the Australian Hospital Association	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1071/AH010085	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Health Policy & Services	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Humans	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Pregnancy Outcome	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Midwifery	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Pregnancy	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Hospitals, Public	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Community Health Services	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Cost Savings	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Health Care Costs	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	National Health Programs	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Continuity of Patient Care	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	New South Wales	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Female	en_US
dc.title	Community-based continuity of midwifery care versus standard hospital care: a cost analysis.	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	1	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	24	en_US
utslib.for	111717 Primary Health Care	en_US
utslib.for	111006 Midwifery	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CHSP - Health Services and Practice
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - WHO CC
utslib.copyright.status	open_access
pubs.issue	1	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	24	en_US

Abstract:

This paper reports the costs of providing a new model of maternity care compared to standard care in an Australian public hospital. The mean cost of providing care per woman was lower in the group who had the new model of care compared with standard care ($2,579 versus $3,483). Cost savings associated with new model of care were maintained even after costs associated with admission to special care nursery were excluded. The cost saving was also sustained even when the caesarean section rate in the new model of care increased to beyond that of the standard care group.

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