Assessing value in maternal healthcare by harnessing the power of data linkage

人们对澳大利亚各地不同类型的产科服务的价值--产生的结果和提供服务的成本--知之甚少。该项目将填补在指导决策者和消费者(孕妇)决策方面亟需的信息空白。该项目将使用一个基于186 000名新生儿的相关管理数据的新模型，评估不同类型的产妇服务对个人和卫生系统的价值。

Little is known about the value – the outcomes produced and the cost of service delivery – of different types of maternity services across Australia. This project will fill a much-needed gap in information to guide the decision-making of both policymakers and consumers (pregnant women). Using a novel model based on linked administrative data for 186,000 births, this project will assess the value of different types of maternity services to individuals and to the health system.