Model |
Features |
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Private Maternity Care |
Private patients of an obstetrician or GP obstetrician; attend private rooms for care in pregnancy and attended by the same obstetrician/GP for labour and postnatal care. |
Public Hospital Clinic Care |
Antenatal care in a public hospital outpatient clinic; attend the same hospital for labour and postnatal care; pregnancy and intrapartum care provided under the supervision of medical staff, uncomplicated births usually attended by midwives. |
Public Hospital Midwives' Clinic |
Antenatal care is provided by a public hospital midwives' clinic, with one or more visits to a consultant or registrar; intrapartum care is provided under the supervision of medical staff, uncomplicated births usually attended by midwives. |
Birth Centre Care |
Team midwifery care within a separate section of a hospital where midwives provide antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum care. |
Shared Maternity Care |
Formal arrangements between a public hospital and local practitioner (GP, obstetrician, midwife); the majority of pregnancy care is provided by a local practitioner, with visits to the hospital at the beginning and latter part of pregnancy; public hospital intrapartum care. |
Combined Maternity Care |
Similar to shared maternity care but does not involve pregnancy check-ups at a public hospital clinic. |
Team Midwifery Care
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Small teams of public hospital midwives care for women throughout pregnancy, labour, birth and the hospital stay, with one or more visits to a consultant or registrar. |
Caseload Midwifery Care |
Ongoing care with the same public hospital midwife for the majority of antenatal, labour, birth and postnatal care. |
GP/Midwife Public Care |
GPs and hospital-employed midwives jointly provide antenatal care to women enrolled for public hospital intrapartum care. |
Outreach Midwifery Care |
Midwife care for women with high social or obstetric risk, focus on support and education; intrapartum and postnatal care provided by a public hospital. |
Planned Homebirths |
Pregnancy check-ups, intrapartum and postnatal care provided by the same midwife; transfer to hospital in the case of complications as a private patient of a GP or obstetrician; may require a number of visits with a medical practitioner. |