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Finding Midwifery in Administrative Data Systems
Author(s) -
Diers Donna
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of midwifery and women's health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.543
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1542-2011
pISSN - 1526-9523
DOI - 10.1016/j.jmwh.2006.11.003
Subject(s) - obstetrics , politics , medicine , nursing , data science , political science , computer science , law
Nurse‐midwifery has accomplished remarkable clinical, policy, and political achievements using specially‐collected data. Today, midwifery practice data can be found in existing administrative data systems: birth registration, hospital data depositories, and claims files. Issues in finding midwifery as practice and profession in these data systems are discussed. Improving the integrity of data that reveal midwives as caregivers should be a priority.