title: General-practitioner maternity units.
abstract: A study of information available for monitoring care was made during 1974 in 46 general-practitioner maternity units in the South-west of England. The information available did not form an adequate basis for monitoring at area level. Although many deliveries take place in general-practitioner maternity units in the South-west, perinatal mortality rates are low. Transfer of babies to a consultant unit, after the delivery is, however, commoner than elsewhere in England and Wales.
mesh_terms: D004739:England; D005194:Family Practice; D005260:Female; D006757:Hospital Units; D006801:Humans; D009774:Obstetrics; D011247:Pregnancy; D012424:Rural Population