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Assessing the performance of maternity care in Europe: A critical exploration of tools and indicators (2015)
Journal Article
Escuriet, R., White, J., Beeckman, K., Frith, L., Leon-Larios, F., Loytved, C., …Van Teijlingen, E. (2015). Assessing the performance of maternity care in Europe: A critical exploration of tools and indicators. BMC Health Services Research, 15(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-1151-2

© 2015 Escuriet et al. Background: This paper critically reviews published tools and indicators currently used to measure maternity care performance within Europe, focusing particularly on whether and how current approaches enable systematic appraisa... Read More about Assessing the performance of maternity care in Europe: A critical exploration of tools and indicators.

Cross-sectional study comparing public and private hospitals in Catalonia: Is the practice of routine episiotomy changing? (2015)
Journal Article
Pueyo, M. J., Escuriet, R., Pueyo, M. J., Perez-Botella, M., Espada, X., Salgado, I., …Ortún, V. (2015). Cross-sectional study comparing public and private hospitals in Catalonia: Is the practice of routine episiotomy changing?. BMC Health Services Research, 15(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-015-0753-z

© 2015 Escuriet et al.; licensee BioMed Central. Background: In Spain, the Strategy for Assistance in Normal Childbirth (SANC) promoted a model of care, which respects the physiological birth process and discards unnecessary routine interventions, su... Read More about Cross-sectional study comparing public and private hospitals in Catalonia: Is the practice of routine episiotomy changing?.