Competence and compliance in antenatal care. Experience from Sweden.
Swedish antenatal care is staffed by midwives working within the primary health care system, but with close collaboration with the hospital. The compliance to the program both from staff and mothers is very high, with 13.2 visits on average. There is a regional variation both in the number of visits and in the use of routine tests.
Aberg
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University Hospital, Lund.
Lindmark
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008880:Midwifery; D010349:Patient Compliance; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D011361:Professional Competence; D013548:Sweden