Background: In Australia, publicly-funded homebirth is a relatively new option for women and their families. Two years after the inception of two publicly funded homebirth services in Victoria in 2009, a study found that midwives' experiences were more positive than doctors. There is no recent evidence on the perspectives of midwives and doctors of publicly-funded homebirth programs.
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October 2022
Background: Rates of homebirth in Australia remain low, at less than 0.3% of all births.
Aims: To report maternal and neonatal outcomes of ten years of a publicly funded homebirth service, 2009-2019.