Outcome of Planned Home and Hospital Births among Low-Risk Women in Iceland in 2005-2009: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Background At 2.2 percent in 2012, the home birth rate in Iceland is the highest in the Nordic countries and has been rising rapidly in the new millennium. The objective of this study was to compare the outcomes of planned home births and planned hospital births in comparable low‐risk groups in Icel...

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Published in:	Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) Vol. 42; no. 1; pp. 16 - 26
Main Authors:	Halfdansdottir, Berglind, Smarason, Alexander Kr, Olafsdottir, Olof A., Hildingsson, Ingegerd, Sveinsdottir, Herdis
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01-03-2015 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
Subjects:	Adult Births Childbirth & labor Cohort Studies Delivery, Obstetric - adverse effects Delivery, Obstetric - methods Delivery, Obstetric - statistics & numerical data Female Home Childbirth - adverse effects Home Childbirth - statistics & numerical data Hospitalization Hospitals Houses Humans Iceland Infant, Newborn Linear Models Logistic Models Male Midwifery Obstetric Labor Complications - etiology Outcome Planned home birth Planned hospital birth Pregnancy Pregnancy Outcome Regression analysis Retrospective Studies Risk Variables Iceland planned home birth planned hospital birth midwifery outcome
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