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  • Does Australia's Health Policy Environment Create Unintended Outcomes for Birthing Women?

    Author(s)
    Steel, Amie
    Adams, Jon
    Frawley, Jane
    Wardle, Jon
    Broom, Alex
    Sidebotham, Mary
    Sibbritt, David
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Sidebotham, Mary
    Year published
    2016
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    Abstract
    Several health policy reforms in Australia over the past20 years have directly and indirectly affected the use ofmaternity care services. Specifically, recent reformshave increased access to obstetric and complementarymedicine services—defined here as a range of healthservices not commonly included in conventional medi-cine practice—irrespective of health status or need.Additionally, a number of recent policy changes pur-ported to increase access to midwifery services havehad the opposite effect of restricting access to theseservices. Existing Australian maternity and health poli-cies may be directing pregnant women toward ...
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    Several health policy reforms in Australia over the past20 years have directly and indirectly affected the use ofmaternity care services. Specifically, recent reformshave increased access to obstetric and complementarymedicine services—defined here as a range of healthservices not commonly included in conventional medi-cine practice—irrespective of health status or need.Additionally, a number of recent policy changes pur-ported to increase access to midwifery services havehad the opposite effect of restricting access to theseservices. Existing Australian maternity and health poli-cies may be directing pregnant women toward engagingwith care providers and services that are not necessarilysupported by contemporary evidence. In this commen-tary, we explore recent changes in the health policyand legislative environment in Australia, and theirinfluence on changing trends in maternity care.
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    Journal Title
    Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care
    Volume
    43
    Issue
    4
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1111/birt.12251
    Subject
    Health Policy
    Medical and Health Sciences
    Health policy environment
    Birthing women
    Midwifery services
    Care providers
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/124013
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