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Improving maternity services in Australia: the report of the Maternity Services Review

Figure 7: Homebirths, Australia, 1991-2006

Page last updated: February 2009

Figure 7: Homebirths, Australia, 1991-2006

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  • Table of contents
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Key Issues for the Maternity Services Review
    • 1. Safety and Quality
    • 2. Access to a Range of Models of Care
    • 3. Inequality of Outcomes and Access
      • 3.1 Rural
      • 3.2 Indigenous
    • 4. Information and Support for Women and Their Families
    • 5. The Maternity Workforce
    • 6. Financing Arrangements
      • 6.1 Commonwealth Funding
      • 6.2 Professional Indemnity
  • Next Steps: Developing a National Plan
  • Figures
    • Figure 1: Number of women who die in childbirth, Australia, 1991-2006
    • Figure 2: Number of infant deaths to one year of age, Australia, 1996-2006, 5-yearly
    • Figure 3: Perinatal mortality, international comparison, 1996-2006
    • Figure 4: Maternal mortality, international comparison, 1996-2006
    • Figure 5: Rates of caesarean sections by hospital sector, Australia, 1991-2006
    • Figure 6: Rates of caesarean section by hospital, New South Wales, 2005
    • Figure 7: Homebirths, Australia, 1991-2006
    • Figure 8: Hospitals and birth centres, by number of women who gave birth, Australia, 1991, 1999 and 2006
    • Figure 9: Breastfeeding: the first 12 months
    • Figure 10: Indicative maternity services workforce
    • Figure 11: Obstetric benefits under Medicare, 2007-08
    • Figure 12: Obstetric benefits under Medicare, 2007-08
  • Tables
    • Table 1: Women who gave birth, by place of birth, 2006
    • Table 2: Models of maternity care
  • Attachments
    • Attachment A - Summary of Recommendations
    • Attachment B - The Consultation Process
  • References

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