Impact of maternity care policy in Catalonia: a retrospective cross-sectional study of service delivery in public and private hospitals.

Background: As a result of the growing number of interventions that are now performed in the context of maternity care, health authorities have begun to examine the possible repercussions for service provision and for maternal and neonatal health. In Spain the Strategy Paper on Normal Childbirth was published in 2008, and since then the authorities in Catalonia have sought to implement its recommendations. This paper reviews the current provision of maternity care in Catalonia.

Policies, politics and gender research.

Development of research on gender and health is scarce