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SUBURBIA: A SMALL OBSTETRIC HOSPITAL IN BRISBANE
Author(s) -
Gordon Douglas,
Williams Gail,
Gout Willem,
Green Adele
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1978.tb107844.x
Subject(s) - medicine , perinatal mortality , general hospital , private practice , teaching hospital , demography , family medicine , pregnancy , sociology , fetus , genetics , biology
In a small suburban obstetric hospital, during the period from July 1, 1963 to December 31, 1970, 3760 private and intermediate patients were delivered by suburban general practitioners. The number of perinatal deaths in hospital were nine deaths per 1000 births, both live and still. During the same period, 4873 private and intermediate patients were delivered by suburban general practitioners in the private/inter‐mediate section of a large centrally sited obstetric teaching hospital. The number of perinatal deaths in hospital were 18 9 per 1000 births, live and still. The reason for, and the implications of, these results are discussed.