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The most recent large scale study comparing outcomes for mother and baby reported in the British Medical Journal last month showed that for women who had previously given birth, adverse outcomes were less common among planned home births (1 per 1,000) than among planned hospital births (2.3 per 1,000).

The odds of cesarean section among women planning out - of - hospital birth were lower among multiparous women than among nulliparous women and among women with 12 years of education or less than among women with more than 12 years of education (Figure 1).

Obstetrical procedures were more common among women who had planned in - hospital births than among women who delivered out of the hospital (30.4 % vs. 1.5 % for induction of labor and 26.4 % vs. 1.1 % for augmentation of labor, P < 0.001 for both comparisons)(Table 3).

After hospital transfers were reclassified as belonging to the planned out - of - hospital birth category, the rate of fetal death was higher (though not quite reaching the level of significance) among out - of - hospital births than among in - hospital births (2.4 vs. 1.2 deaths per 1000 deliveries, P = 0.05)(Table 3).

The proportions of women who were white, had private insurance or paid out of pocket, or were of advanced maternal age were higher among women who planned out - of - hospital birth than among those who planned in - hospital birth (Table 1).

Giving birth by cesarean, or c - section, is on the rise in hospitals as well as among women who are choosing to give birth via cesarean rather than vaginally.

Previous research from the UK and Canada has identified a lower risk of PPH among planned home births than among planned hospital births [4, 11], but the UK study did not attempt to control for confounding variables.

The risk of all adverse maternal outcomes assessed was significantly lower among the women who planned a home birth than among those who planned a physician - attended hospital birth (Table 3).

23 Therefore, the higher rate of admission (or readmission if a hospital birth) among newborns in the planned home - birth group than of readmission in the planned hospital - birth group may have been linked to the need for treatment of hyper - bilirubinemia, which, among babies born in hospital, may require a longer stay in hospital rather than readmission.

A University of Rochester - led study, published in the August issue of Health Affairs, shows complication rates can vary as much as five-fold among hospitals, prompting researchers to call for the development of a national quality reporting system to improve maternal outcomes for more than 4 million women who give birth each year.

However, countries who have midwives as the leaders of maternity care and where home birth is considered among the norm experience better birth outcomes than countries where birth is facilitated in hospital settings with obstetricians.