Objective: To estimate the frequency with which patients are incorrectly used as the unit of
analysis among statistical calculations in published studies of physicians' patient care …

The number of rural hospitals offering maternity care in British Columbia has significantly
declined since 2000, mirroring trends of closures and service reductions across Canada …

Purpose: We examined the association between rural residence and birth outcomes in older
mothers, the effect of parity on this association, and the trend in adverse birth outcomes in …

This is the final report of a systematic review conducted as part of the Australian Primary
Health Care Research Institute (APHCRI) Stream Six funding. The aim of Stream Six is to …

The closure of many local maternity services has given rise to contemporary realities of care
for many rural parturient women in Canada, which, in turn, determines their experience of …

Objective: To investigate rural parturient women's experiences of obstetric care in the
context of the social and economic realities of life in rural, remote, and small urban …

Background A significant number of Canadian rural communities offer local maternity
services in the absence of caesarean section back-up to parturient residents. These …

It is often assumed that poor birth outcomes are more common among rural women than
urban women, but there is little substantive evidence to that effect. While the effectiveness of …

British Columbia, like many other jurisdictions in Canada and internationally, is currently
undergoing a review of the structure and organization of rural maternity services. This has …

This research investigated rural maternity care from the perspective of parturient women,
care providers, health care administrators and local leaders. We found that women's …