A cost-comparison of midwife-led compared with consultant-led maternity care in Ireland (the MidU study)
Categorie(s):
Health
Author(s):
Christopher Kenny, MSc, ACMA (Chief Financial Officer), Declan Devane, PhD, MSc, PgDip (Stats), RM (Chair of Midwifery), Charles Normand, BA, MA, DPhil, FTCD (Edward Kennedy Professor of Health Policy & Management), Mike Clarke, BA, DPhil (Chair of Research Methodology and Director of the All-Ireland Hub for Trials Methodology Research), Aoife Howard, B Comm, MSc, PhD (Research Associate, Centre for Health Policy and Management), Cecily Begley, RM, MSc, PhD, FTCD (Chair of Nursing and Midwifery)
Keyword(s):
Kesehatan, kebidanan, Jurnal Internasional, Jurnal
DOI:
Abstract :
ISSN:
02666138
eISSN:
02666138
Description:
Midwifery publishes the latest peer reviewed international research to inform the safety, quality, outcomes and experiences of pregnancy, birth and maternity care for childbearing women, their babies and families. The journals publications support midwives and maternity care providers to explore and develop their knowledge, skills and attitudes informed by best available evidence.
Midwifery provides an international, interdisciplinary forum for the publication, dissemination and discussion of advances in evidence, controversies and current research, and promotes continuing education through publication of systematic and other scholarly reviews and updates. Midwifery articles cover the cultural, clinical, psycho-social, sociological, epidemiological, education, managerial, workforce, organizational and technological areas of practice in preconception, maternal and infant care.
The journal welcomes the highest quality scholarly research that employs rigorous methodology. Midwifery is a leading international journal in midwifery and maternal health with a current impact factor of 1.573 (© Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports 2015) and employs a double-blind peer review process.