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The aim of this research is to inform our understanding of the clinical outcomes of selected primiparous women accessing varying maternity models of care at The Canberra Hospital in order to determine best practice and assist future planning: to compare a retrospective cohort of selected primiparous women who have accessed the Canberra Midwifery Program (CMP) with those who received standard public care at The Canberra Hospital. The studywas conducted using data collected from records held by The Canberra Hospital for the period 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2011 and aimed to determine: whether the clinical outcomes for selected primiparous women differ between those women receiving standard public maternity care and those receiving care from a known midwife or midwives in the CMP. The primary outcome of interest is mode of birth (vaginal, assisted vaginal, operative) and the secondary outcomes include; augmentation of labour, postpartum haemorrhage, perineal trauma, 5 minuteApgar score |
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