Uninsured Maternity Patients in Calgary: Local Trends and Survey of Health Care Workers.

Objective: Uninsured maternity patients comprise a small but complex group of patients and include marginalized Canadians, undocumented immigrants, visitors, and non-Canadians seeking health care and/or citizenship for their newborn. This is the first Canadian study to quantify these patients and to review health care providers' perspectives and practices of care.

Methods: Data for all deliveries in Calgary, Alberta over a 4-year period (2013-2016) were analyzed.

A review of intrapartum fetal deaths, 1982 to 2002.

This study identifies cases of unexpected intrapartum fetal deaths over 20 years in a Canadian tertiary hospital. Of 121,659 births, 82 were intrapartum deaths. Eleven fetuses were considered viable and nonanomalous.