Planned home and hospital births in South Australia, 1991-2006: differences in outcomes.

Objective: To examine differences in outcomes between planned home births, occurring at home or in hospital, and planned hospital births.

Design And Setting: Population-based study using South Australian perinatal data on all births and perinatal deaths during the period 1991-2006. Analysis included logistic regression adjusted for predictor variables and standardised perinatal mortality ratios.