This report follows up with 1,072 women who participated in the Listening to Mothers III: Pregnancy and Birth survey. This is the survey instrument used for New Mothers Speak Out.
Listening to Mothers III: Pregnancy and Birth Questionnaire
Listening to Mothers III: Pregnancy and Birth Questionnaire
Listening to Mothers III: Survey Instrument (2013)
This report explore women's experiences from before pregnancy through the months after birth. Funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the survey polled 2,400 women who gave birth in U.S. hospitals from 2011 to 2012. This is the survey instrument.
Listening to Mothers III: Data Briefs (2013)
These data briefs provide an in-depth look at highly important topics covered by Listening to Mothers III, a report that surveyed women's experiences from before pregnancy through the months after birth. Funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the survey polled 2,400...
The Cost of Having a Baby in the United States
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | This study updated a 2007 Thomson Healthcare report of maternity costs using the mothers’ medical and drug claim records and estimated the costs of the first three months of a newborn’s life with newborn claim records (newborn costs) identified in...
Table of Maternity Care Quality Improvement Strategies with Potential to Reduce Liability
Maternity Care and Liability Findings on Topics of Interest to Policymakers and Others Fact Sheet Series
Maternity Care and Liability Gaps in Knowledge Fact Sheet
Impact of Maternity Care Quality Improvement Programs on Liability Fact Sheet
Substantive Solutions for Preventing and Responding to Injury in Maternity Care Fact Sheet
Interventions that are Unlikely to Foster Substantive Liability Solutions in Maternity Care Fact Sheet
Impact of Caps on Non-Economic Damages and Other Tort Reforms in Maternity Care Fact Sheet
Liability-Associated Distress Among Maternity Care Providers Sources and Solutions Fact Sheet
Defensive Practice in Maternity Care Fact Sheet
Occurrence of Negligent Injury and of Claims and Payouts in Maternity Care Fact Sheet
Affordability of Liability Insurance Premiums to Maternity Care Providers Fact Sheet
Policy Framework for Improving the Liability Environment for Women and Newborns, Maternity Care Providers, and Payers Fact Sheet
Maternity Care and Liability: Pressing Problems, Substantive Solutions
Reviewing the best available evidence, this report shows that many widely held beliefs about maternity care and liability lack empirical support.
The Cost of Having a Baby in the United States (2013)
REPORT | Childbirth Connection, Catalyst for Payment Reform, and the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform commissioned this report to focus the attention of all stakeholders on the need to better align maternity care payment and quality.
Vaginal or Cesarean Birth: What is at Stake for Moms and Babies? Executive Summary
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | Overuse of cesarean delivery in low-risk women exposes more women and babies to potential harms of cesarean with minimal likelihood of benefit. Of particular consequence are downstream effects including childhood chronic illness and placental...

