Impact of childbirth policy changes on obstetric workload over a 13-year period in a regional referral center in China - implications on service provision planning

• Main Authors: Min Xie (Author), Terence T Lao (Author), Junnan Ma (Author), Tianying Zhu (Author), Dajin Liu (Author), Shengnan Yu (Author), Mingyu Du (Author), Qian Sun (Author), Runmei Ma (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background We aimed to appraise the impact of the changing national childbirth policy since 2002, currently allowing two children per family, on obstetric workload in a regional referral center in China. Methods In a retrospective cohort study, temporal changes were examined in relation wit...