Measure to improve: Is there a patient-acuity measurement tool suitable for use in maternity service provision in the Netherlands? A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

It is difficult to overestimate the importance of safe staffing levels within the context of effective, quality healthcare. Poor staffing has been cited as a contributory factor in the number of unnecessary hospital deaths. This is particularly so in maternity care, where poor staffing has been inexorably linked to avoidable perinatal and maternal mortality. In the Netherlands, maternity service provision (MSP) is stratified into primary (community)- and secondary (hospital)-based care. While most midwives (71%) work in primary care, the majority are self-employed or work in small group practices. Where women birth at home, one-to-one care during labor is the norm. However, despite the existence of a national standard for birth-related care, which states unequiv

SUBMITTER: Cronie DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9552207 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature