Measuring outcomes, let alone using outcomes for reimbursement, is still hardly done in maternity care. While outcome-based maternity care actually offers many opportunities to...
BackgroundEpisiotomy, a surgical procedure that enlarges the vaginal opening during childbirth, was common practice until the early 2000s. Other sources, including the World Health Organization (WHO),
This dataset has counts of births occurring within the United States to U.S. residents and non-residents. Counts can be obtained by prenatal care. The data are derived from birth certificates issued i
