title: Finding midwifery in administrative data systems.
abstract: Nurse-midwifery has accomplished remarkable clinical, policy, and political achievements using specially-collected data. Today, midwifery practice data can be found in existing administrative data systems: birth registration, hospital data depositories, and claims files. Issues in finding midwifery as practice and profession in these data systems are discussed. Improving the integrity of data that reveal midwives as caregivers should be a priority.
authors.forename: Donna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Diers
mesh_terms: D001719:Birth Certificates; D002983:Clinical Competence; D005568:Forms and Records Control / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006753:Hospital Records / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008880:Midwifery / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009721:Nurse Midwives / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D009737:Nursing Records / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012956:Societies, Nursing; D014481:United States