What are the risks of giving birth inside and outside a hospital setting?

Thursday, December 31, 2015 - 09:11 in Health & Medicine

The out-of-hospital birth setting in Oregon was associated with a higher risk of perinatal death, while the in-hospital birth setting was associated with a higher risk for cesarean delivery and other obstetric interventions (e.g., induction or augmentation of labor), according a study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine by researchers at Oregon […]

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