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17938076

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
30
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-10-16
pubmed:abstractText
This paper comments on the provision of birthing services in Sichuan and Shanxi Provinces in China within a policy context. The goal was to understand possible unintended and harmful health outcomes for women in the light of international evidence, to better inform practice and policy development. Data were collected from October 2005 to April 2007 in 25 hospitals across 13 counties and one city. Normal and caesarean birth records were audited, observations made of facilities and interviews conducted with officials, administrators, health workers, women who delivered in hospital facilities and women who delivered at home. We argue that in the context of a neo-liberal health economy with poorly developed government regulatory policies, those with the power to pay for maternity care may be vulnerable to a new range of risks to their health from those positioned to make a profit. While poor communities may lack access to basic services, wealthier socio-economic groups may risk an increase in maternal morbidity and mortality through the overuse of avoidable intervention. We recommend a stronger evidence base for hospital maternity services and changes to the role of the State in countering systemic problems.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0968-8080
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
114-24
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Consequences of birth policies and practices in post-reform China.
pubmed:affiliation
Graduate School for Health Practice, Institute for Advanced Studies, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia. amanda.harris@cdu.edu.au
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't