December 2016

Midwifery Cost Study (Alberta, Canada) lowered maternity care expense by 1/3 and documented a 4-fold reduction for medical interventions & Cesarean surgery

by faithgibson on December 15, 2016

in Contemporary Childbirth Politics

Double-click the graphic to enlarge & read. Click here to download a PDF of it In the Canadian province of Alberta: The single most frequent reason for hospitalization is childbirth.  Cesarean is the most frequent type of surgery. Alberta’s repeat C-section rate is 81% (equals a VBAC rate of 19%).   In Alberta, the average cost of maternity care as […]