Background More women are choosing to birth at home in well-resourced countries.
Concerns persist that out-of-hospital birth contributes to higher perinatal and neonatal …

Background We previously concluded that risk of stillbirth, neonatal mortality or morbidity is
not different whether birth is intended at home or hospital. Here, we compare the occurrence …

Background: Studies of planned home births attended by registered midwives have been
limited by incomplete data, nonrepresentative sampling, inadequate statistical power and …

Objective To compare perinatal mortality and severe perinatal morbidity between planned
home and planned hospital births, among low‐risk women who started their labour in …

OBJECTIVE: We sought to systematically review the medical literature on the maternal and
newborn safety of planned home vs planned hospital birth. STUDY DESIGN: We included …

Objective To evaluate the safety of home births in North America involving direct entry
midwives, in jurisdictions where the practice is not well integrated into the healthcare …

Background: Midwives in Ontario, Canada, provide care in the home and hospital and are
required to submit data for all births to the Ontario Ministry of Health database. The purpose …

OBJECTIVE. We sought to examine, in a large cohort of infants within a definable population
of live births, the incidence, risk factors, treatments, complications, and outcomes of …

Objective To compare rates of adverse perinatal outcomes between planned home births
versus planned hospital births. Design A nationwide cohort study. Setting The Netherlands …

Background: Previous studies have shown that planned home birth is associated with a
decreased likelihood of intrapartum intervention with no difference in neonatal outcomes …