Open AccessPrevalence of Home Births and Associated Risk Profile and Maternal Characteristics, 2016–2018
Author(s) -
Sonal Goyal,
Katherine Kortsmit,
Shanna Cox,
Denise V. D’Angelo,
Lisa Romero,
Zsakeba Henderson,
Wanda D. Barfield
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
obstetrics and gynecology (new york. 1953. online)/obstetrics and gynecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.664
H-Index - 220
eISSN - 1873-233X
pISSN - 0029-7844
DOI - 10.1097/aog.0000000000004129
Subject(s) - medicine , obstetrics , home birth , pregnancy , demography , childbirth , sociology , genetics , biology
To estimate the prevalence of pregnancies that meet the low-risk criteria for planned home births and describe geographic and maternal characteristics of home births compared with hospital births.