Characteristics of Current Hospital-Sponsored and Nonhospital Birth Centers
dc.contributor.author | Khoury, Amal J. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Weisman, Carol S. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Summers, Lisa | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-09-11T15:55:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-09-11T15:55:18Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1997-06 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Khoury, Amal J.; Summers, Lisa; Weisman, Carol S.; (1997). "Characteristics of Current Hospital-Sponsored and Nonhospital Birth Centers." Maternal and Child Health Journal 1(2): 89-99. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/45317> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1092-7875 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1573-6628 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/45317 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=10728231&dopt=citation | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Objectives : (1) To describe contemporary birth centers in terms of the population served, organizational and financial characteristics, services provided, mission and philosophy, and planning and marketing techniques. (2) To compare hospital-sponsored and nonhospital models with regard to the above characteristics. Method : Data from the National Survey of Women's Health Centers conducted in 1994 are analyzed using t -tests and chi-square tests. Results : Contemporary birth centers serve a diverse population of women and provide a range of clinical and nonclinical services. Birth centers are both hospital-sponsored and nonhospital, with the former growing at a faster rate. Compared to hospital-sponsored centers, nonhospital centers serve a larger proportion of uninsured women, provide a broader range of clinical services, and are more committed to women-centered care. Centers utilize different marketing methods and are involved in a number of organizational changes to better position themselves in the changing health care environment. Conclusions: Birth centers offer an attractive option to consumers and are a viable model for delivering women-centered care. Given that all “birth center” facilities do not share the same philosophy and service mix, women need to have some assurance of what a “birth center” will, and will not, provide. | en_US |
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dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Population Economics | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Public Health/Gesundheitswesen | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Medicine & Public Health | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Gynecology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Pediatrics | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Sociology | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Maternal Health Services | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Women's Health | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Ambulatory Care Facilities | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Holistic Health | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Primary Health Care | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Nurse Midwives | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Pregnancy | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Women's Health Services | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Birthing Centers | en_US |
dc.title | Characteristics of Current Hospital-Sponsored and Nonhospital Birth Centers | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Public Health | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Pediatrics | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Department of Health Management and Policy, University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 10728231 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/45317/1/10995_2004_Article_425315.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1026270306793 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Maternal and Child Health Journal | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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