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Abstract
A study was made of obstetrical care before and after consolidation of obstetrical services in Saskatoon. The effect of service amalgamation upon the degree of intervention in labours managed by family doctors was determined by examining Caesarean section rates and intrapartum risk score changes. This study suggests that there has been no change in the intervention rates in family doctor-managed labours in Saskatoon as a result of amalgamation of obstetrical services in that city.
Résumé
Avant et après le regroupement des services à Saskatoon, les soins obstétricaux ont fait l’objet d’une étude. On a déterminé l’effet de la fusion des services sur le degré d’intervention quand le travail était dirigé par des médecins de famille par l’examen des taux de césarienne et des variations de la notation du risque pendant l’intrapartum. Cette étude laisse penser qu’aucune variation des taux d’intervention n’est survenue quand le travail était dirigé par des médecins de famille à Saskatoon par suite de la fusion des services obstétricaux dans cette ville.
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Publication history
Accepted:
December 11,
1997
Received in revised form:
December 11,
1997
Received:
August 20,
1997
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© 1998 Published by Elsevier Inc.
