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Review
. 2007 Mar-Apr;52(2):98-105.
doi: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2006.11.003.

Finding midwifery in administrative data systems

Donna Diers
Review

Finding midwifery in administrative data systems

Donna Diers. J Midwifery Womens Health. 2007 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

Nurse-midwifery has accomplished remarkable clinical, policy, and political achievements using specially-collected data. Today, midwifery practice data can be found in existing administrative data systems: birth registration, hospital data depositories, and claims files. Issues in finding midwifery as practice and profession in these data systems are discussed. Improving the integrity of data that reveal midwives as caregivers should be a priority.

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