Much as I hate to draw attention to the actual statistics, in New Zealand
our annual report on maternity available on www.moh.govt.nz under
publications, does also include 'normal births' .
Much more exciting is the gathering of midwifery outcome data by the
Midwifery and Maternity Provider Organisation (MMPO), established by the NZ
College of Midwives, which currently has over 1/5 of all births in the
country in the database (and growing daily). We capture about 450 fields of
data per woman's complete episode of care (early pregnancy to 6 weeks
following the birth). We have a complete set of maternity notes that
interface with a data base (midwives can purchase the paper notes and we
enter their data, or they can purchase the database and send the data to us
electronically). Data capture triggers payment for services, so we are
fairly confident about the quality of data. It also collates each midwife's
annual care outcome report, so they also want to make sure the data is
accurate (it can be audited). We can now develop regional and national
maternity outcomes reports.
If anyone is interested in finding out more about our database/maternity
notes system, you can contact me directly on [log in to unmask]
or go to the website on www.nzcom.org.nz then into the MMPO. My paper was
not accepted at ICM, but I will be attending and will bring samples of the
notes and database.
Kind regards
Chris Hendry
Executive Director
MMPO
----- Original Message -----
From: "claudia Oblasser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: Normal birth rates in national statistics
In Austria, we havenīt
Claudia
--- "Macfarlane, Alison" <[log in to unmask]>
schrieb:
>
> Have any other countries incorporated normal birth
> rates in their national
> statistics, as has happened in England as a result
> of collaboration between
> BirthchoiceUK and our official statisticians?
>
> Alison Macfarlane
>
> Alison Macfarlane
> Department of Midwifery
> City University
> 24 Chiswell Street
> London EC1Y 4TY
> Tel (44)(0) 207 040 5832
> Fax (44)(0) 207 040 5866
> Email [log in to unmask]
>
>
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Claudia Oblasser
Hebamme/Midwife
Sauerhofstrasse 26/8
A-2500 Baden
0043-2252/44954
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