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Preliminary material: Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Symbols; Summary
Introduction
- The foundation of the national core maternity indicators
- What are clinical indicators?
- Current maternity indicator reporting in Australia
The national core maternity indicators
- Data quality issues
- Indicator 1 Smoking in pregnancy for all women giving birth
- Indicator 2 Antenatal care in the first trimester for all women giving birth
- Indicator 3 Episiotomy for women having their first baby and giving birth vaginally
- Indicator 4 Apgar score of less than 7 at 5 minutes for births at or after term
- Indicator 5 Induction of labour for selected women giving birth for the first time
- Indicator 6 Caesarean section for selected women giving birth for the first time
- Indicator 7 Normal (non-instrumental) vaginal birth for selected women giving birth for the first time
- Indicator 8 Instrumental vaginal birth for selected women giving birth for the first time
- Indicator 9 General anaesthetic for women giving birth by caesarean section
- Indicator 10 Small babies among births at or after 40 weeks gestation
Appendixes
- Appendix C: Indicator specifications
- Appendix B: Methods
- Appendix A: Expert Commentary Group
End matter: Glossary; References; List of tables; List of figures