Research backs home birth (From The Oxford Times)
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Research backs home birth
7:40pm Monday 23rd April 2012 in News
University of Oxford researchers have found that home births may be safer and cheaper for women who already have children.
A study of 64,000 births in England between 2008 and 2010 found that low-risk pregnancies could be delivered at home or at a midwifery unit to save the NHS money without compromising the health of mother and baby.
Births cost an average of £1,142 per woman on an obstetric ward, compared to £780 for a home birth.
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