Maternal characteristics associated with referral to obstetrician-led care in low-risk pregnant women in the Netherlands: A retrospective cohort study.

Susan Niessink-BeckersCorine J VerhoevenMarleen J NahuisLisanne Andra Gitsels Janneke T Gitsels van der Wal

Published in: PloS one (2023)

This exploratory study showed that several non-medical maternal characteristics of low-risk pregnant women are associated with referral from midwife-led to obstetrician-led care, and how these differ by parity and partum period.

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