Thread by @TaNaishaJ

1/4 "... findings suggest #organizational #priorities can potentially #disturb #natural #patterns of #gestation and #birth #timing..."

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2/4 "... with a potential to improve U.S. #perinatal #outcomes with organizational models that more closely resemble those of #England and the #Netherlands."

3/4 "In the U.S., however, a decidedly different pattern emerged. #Vaginal #births without #induction or #augmentation in U.S. hospitals were far more likely to occur during #standard #working #hours."

#infant #neonates #prenatal #perinatal #health #outcomes #maternal

4/4 "For the purposes of hospital organization, the allocation of human resources, and #provider and #support #staff #convenience, the timing of birth, at least in the United States, appears to have evolved into a pattern that is easier for the maternity care system to manage."