title: [Planned home versus planned hospital births: adverse outcomes comparison by reviewing the international literature].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the safety of planned home birth compared to hospital birth, in low-risk pregnancies.
  
  
  METHODS
  An international literature review was conducted. Mortality, adverse outcomes and medical interventions were compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Home birth was not associated with higher mortality rates, but with lower maternal adverse outcomes. Perinatal adverse outcomes are not significantly different at home and in hospital. Medical interventions are more frequent in hospital births.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Home birth attended by a well-trained midwife is not associated with increased mortality and morbidity rates, but with less medical interventions.
authors.affiliation: Département de médecine générale, 64 rue des Champs-Élysées, Toulouse, France. celine_faucon@hotmail.com
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Faucon
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Brillac
mesh_terms: D003696:Delivery Rooms; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006700:Home Childbirth / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000401:mortality; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D008880:Midwifery; D054238:Perinatal Mortality; D011247:Pregnancy