Home births lead to higher infant mortality at least for mothers living in poorer areas

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-07/vua-hbl072715.php

Public Release: 27-Jul-2015
Home births lead to higher infant mortality at least for mothers living in poorer areas
Dutch mothers in poorer areas at risk
VU University Amsterdam

Home births lead to higher infant mortality than hospital births, at least for mothers living in poorer areas. This is the conclusion of a new study conducted by N. Meltem Daysal (University of Southern Denmark and IZA), Mircea Trandafir (University of Southern Denmark and IZA) and Reyn van Ewijk (VU University Amsterdam and University of Mainz) that examines 356,412 low-risk Dutch women who delivered between 2000 and 2008 and who were allowed to choose between a home and a hospital birth.

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