I just read this article about outcomes after planned out-of-hospital births in Oregon, published yesterday in NEJM. The article reports higher rates of neonatal deaths after planned home/birth center births.
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMsa1501738#t=abstract
I was wondering about this: "Before licensure became mandatory in 2015, Oregon was one of two states in which licensure was not required for the practice of midwifery in out-of-hospital settings." (from the background section) What does it mean - that the midwife attending home birth not necessarily was licensed? Or not trained?
Regards, Ellen
Ellen Blix
Professor, midwife
Oslo and Akershus University College
Norway
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