on 17/7/03 13:46, Sue Dennett at [log in to unmask] wrote: Apologies for cross posting I'm putting together something for a forthcoming workshop with our PCT looking at different models of care. I have much time! Can anyone give me any references on papers which have looked at the savings of reducing the C/S rate, cost of midwifery led care v obstetric care per birth etc. Sorry to be vague. I do access to the Birth Centre files so have seen all the reports/presentations there etc. Thanks Sue Dennett In case you are still searching for evidence, try Petrou,S and Glazener C (2002) The economic costs of alternative modes of delivery during the first two months postpartum: results from a Scottish observational study. BJOG vol 109, issue 2 Feb 2002 pp 214-217