Pregnancy outcome at term in low-risk population: Study at a tertiary obstetric hospital

Abstract

Aim The aim of this study was to evaluate the risk of perinatal death and peripartum morbidity at term amongst the models of care at a single tertiary hospital. Material and Methods This is a 10-year population study of singleton births at term at the Mercy Hospital for Women comparing the mixed-risk models of care (private obstetrician and a conventional collaborative model of obstetricians and midwives) with the low-risk models (team midwifery and family birth center). Outcome measures included rates of perinatal death, low Apgar scores and obstetric procedures. Results Data on 44557 normal term singletons were available for study. Overall, the hospital has a substantially lower term singl..