Definitions:
METeOR: The actual place where the birth took place. Including hospital (excluding birth centre), birth centre (attached to a hospital), birth centre (free standing), home, other.
ACAMS: Setting and S/T of birth, miscarriage or abortion.
S/T Perinatal Data Collections:
NSW: The actual place where the birth occurs. Hospital theatre/delivery suite: a birth, which is planned to occur in and does occur in a hospital delivery suite or operating theatre. Birth centre: a birth that is planned to occur and occurs in a birth centre. A birth centre is a facility where women are able to birth in an environment that is physically separate from a labour ward but has access to emergency medical facilities for both mother and child if required. The facility has a home-like atmosphere and focuses on a model of care that ensures continuity of care, a family-centred approach and informed patient participation in choices related to the birth process. Planned birth centre/delivery suite birth: a birth that is planned to occur in a birth centre but occurs in a delivery suite or operating theatre. Planned homebirth: a birth that is planned to occur and occurs at a place outside a hospital delivery suite or birth centre (normally a home). Planned homebirth/hospital admission: a birth that is planned to occur at home but occurs in a hospital facility. Born before arrival: a birth that is planned to occur in hospital but occurs before the mother arrives at the hospital. VIC: The actual place of birth is entered in this field. Birth centre: Is a facility where women are able to birth in an environment which: is free-standing or physically separate from a labour ward but has access to emergency medical facilities for both mother and child if required has home-like atmosphere focuses on a model of care (for example, midwifery model) which ensures continuity of care/caregiver’ a family-centred approach’ and informed client participation in choices related to the management of care. Home: May be the mother’s own home or where the baby is born in a home environment where ‘home’ may actually be that of a midwifery practitioner or any other person and attended by a midwifery practitioner. In transit: Includes births occurring on the way to the intended place of birth or the car-park of a hospital/birth centre. Home – Private midwife care, reported when a birth is attended by a private midwife practitioner in the mother’s own home or a home environment. Home – Public homebirth program, reported when a birth is attended by a public midwife in the mother’s home under the Public homebirth program. Other – specify: Includes community (health) centres. Not stated: Includes unbooked or unplanned. If intended and actual place of birth differ from each other provide when the change occurred in Setting of birth – change of intent and the reason for change in Setting of birth – change of intent – reason. This field is to monitor the models of care and to identify where there is a change of intent. SA: Hospital, BBA, domiciliary - a planned home delivery, birthing unit/centre- this would only be appropriate for the hospital that have approved birthing Units e.g. the Lyell McEwin Hospital, The WandCH and FMC. Indicate the actual place where the birth occurred. TAS: Hospital - The definition of hospitals include all registered hospitals as well as designated hospital beds in multi-purpose centres. Birthing Centre - An approved facility for the provision of birthing services and staffed by a qualified midwife. Home/other - The birth occurred in the mother’s own home, or in the home of another person, or in any other location not listed above.
ANZNN: The actual place where the birth occurred. Unknown, non tertiary hospital, tertiary hospital, planned homebirth, born before arrival (e.g. unplanned homebirth, in ambulance, car, etc).
Description:
S/T Perinatal Data Collections: QLD: Hospital, Birthing Centre, home and other (BBA) with free text to specify. Place of birth (free text) SA: Hospital, Birth Centre/unit, home, BBA, ACT: TCH, Calvary public or private, Calvary JJH, Hospital, Birth Centre (attached), home, Other (incl BBA). NT: Various public and private hospitals, Community Health Centre, Birth Centre, home, unplanned home in transit, other unknown. The online has a drop down box and the paper version has free text. QLD PMC: Home, birth centre, public hospital, private hospital, unattended/freebirth, other. SA PMC: Place of birth (hospital code or postcode if interstate)