Home Birth & Birth Center Safety

11% maternal transfer rate

5.2% cesarean rate (compare to 32% national hospital average)

0.9% neonatal transfer rate

Improved outcomes for Medicaid recipients

26% lower preterm birth rate for Medicaid recipients

Ethnic minority women were less likely to have a low birth weight infant

6% cesarean rate

<1% emergency transfer rate

0.4/1,000 newborn death rate (compared to hospital rates of 0.1- 0.8/1,000)

>$30 million saved with out of hospital births compared to hospital

No increased risk of perinatal or neonatal mortality at home vs. hospital

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