CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne
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Safety of labour and delivery following closures of obstetric services in small community hospitals.
In recent decades, many smaller hospitals in British Columbia, Canada, have stopped providing planned obstetric services. We examined the effect of these service closures on the labour and delivery outcomes of pregnant women living in affected communities. ⋯ Closure of planned obstetric services in low-volume hospitals was not associated with an increase or decrease in frequency of adverse events during labour and delivery.