New Study Shows Midwife-Led Birth Centers Improve Outcomes and Lower Health Care Costs

Research Confirms Low Cesarean Rates and Health Care Costs at Birth Centers, Setting a New Standard of Excellence in Maternity CareSILVER SPRING, MD – As health care costs and the rate of cesarean births for expecting mothers have escalated over the past two decades in the United States, a new study released today shows that women who receive care at midwife-led birth centers incur lower medical costs and are less likely to have cesarean births compared to women who give birth at hospitals. Conducted by the American Association of Birth Centers (AABC) and published in the most recent