There is a NEJM Open Forum discussion of this paper starting on 6th January which will provide an opportunity to pose questions to the authors and to discuss the paper with a panel of experts
https://medstro.com/groups/nejm-group-open-forum/discussions/216/about
Regards
Jennifer Hollowell
Associate Professor
National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit
University of Oxford
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> On 1 Jan 2016, at 17:29, "Ellen Blix" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> 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
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> 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?
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> Regards, Ellen
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> Ellen Blix
> Professor, midwife
> Oslo and Akershus University College
> Norway
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