Medicalised childbirth: variation in care and drivers of maternal health service provision in Queensland, Australia
Fox, Haylee (2021) Medicalised childbirth: variation in care and drivers of maternal health service provision in Queensland, Australia. PhD thesis, James Cook University.
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Abstract
Haylee Fox examined the patterns of maternal health care and service provision among the Australian population. She found that inequitable maternal health care and service provision exists between population groups, which is not solely attributable to clinical need. These results are being used in 'normal birth' guidelines in Queensland.
| Item ID: | 70864 |
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| Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) |
| Keywords: | Australia, Cesarean section, Financing, Health systems, Inequities, Maternal health service utilisation, Maternal health, Medicare, Obstetrics, Perinatal health, Privatisation, Social determinants, Vaginal birth |
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| Copyright Information: | Copyright © 2021 Haylee Fox. |
| Additional Information: | Five publications arising from this thesis are stored in ResearchOnline@JCU, at the time of processing. Please see the Related URLs. The publications are: Chapter 3: Fox, Haylee, Callander, Emily, Lindsay, Daniel, and Topp, Steph (2019) Evidence of overuse? Patterns of obstetric interventions during labour and birth among Australian mothers. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 19. 226. Chapter 4: Fox, Haylee, Topp, Stephanie M., Lindsay, Daniel, and Callander, Emily (2021) Ethnic, socio-economic and geographic inequities in maternal health service coverage in Australia. International Journal of Health Planning and Management. (In Press) Chapter 5: Fox, Haylee, Callander, Emily, Lindsay, Daniel, and Topp, Stephanie M. (2021) Is there unwarranted variation in obstetric practice in Australia? Obstetric intervention trends in Queensland hospitals. Australian Health Review, 45. pp. 157-166. Chapter 6: Fox, Haylee, Topp, Stephanie M., Lindsay, Daniel, and Callander, Emily (2021) A cascade of interventions: a classification tree analysis of the determinants of primary cesareans in Australian public hospitals. Birth, 48 (2). pp. 209-220. Chapter 8: Fox, Haylee, Topp, Stephanie M., Callander, Emily, and Lindsay, Daniel (2019) A review of the impact of financing mechanisms on maternal health care in Australia. BMC Health Services Research, 19. 1540. |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Nov 2021 22:08 |
| FoR Codes: | 32 BIOMEDICAL AND CLINICAL SCIENCES > 3215 Reproductive medicine > 321502 Obstetrics and gynaecology @ 34% 42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4204 Midwifery > 420402 Models of care and place of birth @ 33% 42 HEALTH SCIENCES > 4203 Health services and systems > 420311 Health systems @ 33% |
| SEO Codes: | 20 HEALTH > 2005 Specific population health (excl. Indigenous health) > 200509 Women's and maternal health @ 50% 20 HEALTH > 2002 Evaluation of health and support services > 200206 Health system performance (incl. effectiveness of programs) @ 50% |
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