Developing quality indicators for assessing quality of birth centre care: a mixed- methods study

• Main Authors: Inge C. Boesveld (Author), Marieke A. A. Hermus (Author), Hanneke J. de Graaf (Author), Marit Hitzert (Author), Karin M. van der Pal-de Bruin (Author), Raymond G. de Vries (Author), Arie Franx (Author), Therese A. Wiegers (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Birth centres are described as settings where women with uncomplicated pregnancies can give birth in a home-like environment assisted by midwives and maternity care assistants. If complications arise or threaten, the woman is referred to a maternity unit of a hospital where an ob...