Letters
Dutch perinatal mortality
Too early to question effectiveness of Dutch system
BMJ 2010; 341 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.c7020 (Published 07 December 2010) Cite this as: BMJ 2010;341:c7020
- Ank de Jonge, senior midwife researcher1,
- Ben Willem Mol, professor of obstetrics and gynaecology2,
- Birgit Y van der Goes, midwife researcher2,
- Jan G Nijhuis, professor of obstetrics3,
- Joris A van der Post, professor of obstetrics2,
- Simone E Buitendijk, professor of maternal and child health4
- 1Midwifery Science, AVAG and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Centre, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 2Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Amsterdam Medical Centre, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 3Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, P Debyelaan 25, 6229 HX Maastricht, Netherlands
- 4TNO Quality of Life, PO Box 2215, 2301 CE Leiden, Netherlands
- ank.dejonge{at}vumc.nl
The study by Evers et al is the first to show a higher mortality among births that started in primary care compared with secondary care.1 We have concerns about the methods used.
Firstly, although the title suggests that it is a prospective cohort study, the entire population at risk was defined retrospectively and based on postal codes of …
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