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Birthing Centers

Known as: Birth Centers, Birth Center, Centers, Birth 
Free-standing facilities that provide prenatal, childbirth, and postnatal care and usually incorporate family-centered maternity care concepts and… 
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Perinatal outcomes of women intending to give birth in birth centers in Australia.
BACKGROUND A recent Australian study showed perinatal mortality was lower among women who gave birth in a birth center than in a… 
Review
2007
Review
2007
Outcomes of planned home birth: an integrative review.
Review
2002
Review
2002
Using Evidence to Educate Birthing Center Nursing Staff: About Infant States, Cues, and Behaviors
The authors sought to apply evidence from research to nursing practice. Research about infant states, cues, and behaviors was… 
1999
1999
Recent changes in birth attendant, place of birth, and the use of obstetric interventions, United States, 1989-1997.
Review
1994
Review
1994
Breastfeeding practices and lactation mastitis.
1993
1993
Characteristics of women choosing birth center care
The purpose of this study was to describe the characteristics of women choosing alternative maternity care compared with women… 
Review
1991
Review
1991
Birth setting for low-risk pregnancies. An analysis of the current literature.
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Outcomes and procedures in low risk birth: a comparison of hospital and birth center settings.
: Two retrospectively matched groups of low-risk women were studied, one that chose to give birth in an out-of-hospital birth… 
1986
1986
A Birth Center Affiliated With the Tertiary Care Center: Comparison of Outcome
A matched pair study compares 250 low risk women delivered in a tertiary care center with a similar group cared for and delivered… 
1980
1980
Out-of-hospital delivery in Washington State, 1975 to 1977.
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