Skyrocketing maternity care costs
The cost of maternity care in Queensland is rising while adverse birth outcomes have also become more frequent.
The cost of maternity care in Queensland is rising while adverse birth outcomes have also become more frequent, new research has found, raising concerns about sustaining quality of care into the future.
The research, published in The Medical Journal of Australia and led by University of Technology Sydney (UTS) Professor Emily Callander, examined data on all births in Queensland between 1 July 2012 and 30 June 2018.
It found that the demographic characteristics of women giving birth is markedly changing and the cost of care is becoming unsustainable.
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