Babies born before arrival to hospital and maternity unit closures in Queensland and Australia.

CONCLUSIONS: The closure of maternity units over a 20-year period across Australia and Queensland is significantly associated with increased BBA rates. The distribution is not limited to rural and remote areas. Given the high risk of adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes associated with BBA, it is time to revisit the closure of units. PMID: 25845486 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25845486?dopt=Abstract

Source: Women Birth - April 3, 2015 Category: Midwifery Authors: Kildea S, McGhie AC, Gao Y, Rumbold A, Rolfe M Tags: Women Birth Source Type: research