Definitions:
S/T Perinatal Data Collections:
VIC: Intended place of birth (hospital, birth centre, home (other), home-private midwife care, home - Public homebirth program, other with specify). QLD: Intended place of birth at onset of labour.- gives definitions of hospital, birthing centre and home; TAS: Indicate the place in which the mother plans to give birth (hospital, birth centre, home/other). OTHER S/Ts: No definition specified. MOC NBPDS: The expected setting for a birth offered by a model of maternity care, as represented by a code
Descriptions:
WA: Acceptable values are: Hospital, excluding birth centre - includes women who have elective caesarean sections; Birth centre, attached to hospital; Birth centre, free standing; Home – should be restricted to the home of the woman or a relative or friend; Other – includes community health centres; Not stated. ACT: Intended place of birth at onset of labour - Hospital, Birth centre or Home. QLD PMC: Home, birth centre, public hospital, private hospital, other, unknown