The Active Management of Labor

Is It Worth the Cost?

Michael S. Broder

ResearchPosted on rand.org 2000Published in: Western Journal of Medicine, v. 172, Apr. 2000, p. 243-244

A number of studies have demonstrated that active management of labor shortens labor and reduces the rate of caesarian deliveries, without increasing adverse outcomes. In this commentary, the author addresses why active management is not the standard of care in the U.S. and contends that work by Rogers and colleagues shows that active management is worth the cost.

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  • Copyright: BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 2000
  • Pages: 2
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.7249/pubs
  • Document Number: EP-200004-11

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