Research Catalog

Title

An update on research issues in the assessment of birth settings : workshop summary / Leslie Pray, rapporteur ; Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Institute of Medicine and National Research Council of the National Academies.

Author

Research issues in the assessment of birth settings (Workshop) (2013 : Washington, D.C.)

Publication

Washington, D.C. : The National Academies Press, [2013]

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

Pray, Leslie A.

Description

ix, 192 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps; 23 cm

Subjects

• Congress
• Parturition
• Delivery, Obstetric > statistics & numerical data
• Childbirth > United States > Congresses
• Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
• Health Facilities > statistics & numerical data
• United States
• Hospitals > Maternity services > United States > Evaluation > Congresses
• Childbirth at home > United States > Evaluation > Congresses
• Home Childbirth > statistics & numerical data
• Maternal health services > United States > Evaluation > Congresses

Genre/Form

Congress.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-166).

Contents

Introduction -- Context and background -- Assessment of risk in pregnancy -- Birth settings and health outcomes: state of the science -- Workforce issues -- Data systems and measurement -- Costs, values, and reimbursement issues associated with various birth settings -- Perspective from providers -- Workshop reflections: moving the research agenda forward -- Appendixes: A. Workshop agenda -- B. Moderator and speaker biographical sketches -- C. Abbreviations and acronyms.

ISBN

• 0309287391
• 9780309287395

OCLC

• 859754028
• ocn859754028
• SCSB-5715560

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries