ArticleFrontiers in sociology2021
Pivoting to Childbirth at Home or in Freestanding Birth Centers in the US During COVID-19: Safety, Economics and Logistics.
Article in Frontiers in sociology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The Cost and Cost-Effectiveness of Childbirth Settings: A Systematic Review.Applied health economics and health policy · 2025Pooled it
- The Benefits of Licensed Midwifery and Community Birth Among BIPOC Birthing People in New Mexico.Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) · 2025Article
- Postpartum care for parent-infant dyads: A community midwifery model.Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) · 2024Article
- Potential Implications of Emerging Nontraditional Childbirth Practices On Neonatal Health.The Journal of pediatrics · 2023Article
- "Doulas shouldn't be considered visitors, we should be considered a part of [the] team": doula care in Georgia, USA during the COVID-19 pandemic.Sexual and reproductive health matters · 2022Article
- The Cost of Home Birth in the United States.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- The Impacts of COVID-19 on US Maternity Care Practices: A Followup Study.Frontiers in sociology · 2021Article
- Financial Barriers to Expanded Birth Center Access in New Jersey: A Qualitative Thematic Analysis.Journal of midwifery & women's healthArticle
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Abstract
Birth-related decisions principally center on safety; giving birth during a pandemic brings safety challenges to a new level, especially when choosing the birth setting. Amid the COVID-19 crisis, the concurrent work furloughs, business failures, and mounting public and private debt have made prudent expenditures an inescapable second concern. This article examines the intersections of safety, economic efficiency, insurance, liability and birthing persons' needs that have become critical as the pandemic has ravaged bodies and economies around the world. Those interests, and the challenges and solutions discussed in this article, remain important even in less troubled times. Our economic analysis suggests that having an additional 10% of deliveries take place in private homes or freestanding birth centers could save almost $11 billion per year in the United States without compromising safety.
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