Organising maternal and newborn care in high-income countries: a scoping review of organisational elements and their association with outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Countries face challenges in maternal and newborn care (MNC) regarding costs, workforce and sustainability. Organising integrated care is increasingly seen as a way to address these challenges. The evidence on the optimal organisation of integrated MNC in order to improve outcomes is limited.

Objectives

(1) To study associations between organisational elements of integrated care and maternal and neonatal health outcomes, experiences of women and professionals, healthcare costs and care processes and (2) to examine how the different dimensions of integrated care, as defined by the Rainbow Model of Integrated Care, are reflected in the literature addressing these organisational elements.

Results

We included 288 papers and identified 23 organisational elemen

SUBMITTER: Liebregts J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12706211 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature