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Birth Room Transfer and Procedure Rates – What Do They Tell About the Setting?
Author(s) -
Klein Michael,
Westreich Ruta
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
birth
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.233
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1523-536X
pISSN - 0730-7659
DOI - 10.1111/j.1523-536x.1983.tb01407.x
Subject(s) - transfer (computing) , birth rate , tertiary care , medicine , demography , family medicine , computer science , environmental health , sociology , research methodology , population , parallel computing
: A survey of birth rooms indicates that high transfer rates are a consequence of the environment or setting. The highest transfer rates are found in university or tertiary care centers and the lowest in community hospitals. Wide variation in permitted procedures makes defining a birth room difficult. We speculate that different staff motivations in the creation of a birth room determine its physical location and operational rules, and ultimately, whether it is a true alternative to traditional birth in hospital. (BIRTH 10:2, Summer 1983)