Collaborative survey of perinatal loss in planned and unplanned home births -- Northern Region Perinatal Mortality Survey Coordinating Group 313 (7068): 1306 -- BMJ ›
Key messages
- Only three of 134 deaths were associated with planned home birth
- Over three quarters of the perinatal deaths associated with planned home birth occurred in hospital
- The hazards associated with planned home birth are quantifiable only when death is classified according to the original planned site of delivery
- Perinatal mortality in the few (<1%) pregnancies in which home birth had been planned was less than half the average for all births, and few of these deaths were associated with substandard care
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