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Care. Doula. Natural Pregnancy & Natural Childbirth- Mothers Naturally. Milbank Report: Evidence-Based Maternity Care: What It Is and What It Can Achieve. What are the key findings of Evidence-Based Maternity Care?

Milbank Report: Evidence-Based Maternity Care: What It Is and What It Can Achieve

Despite good intentions of many dedicated health professionals and very large expenditure of resources, the U.S. maternity care system has many shortcomings. Many women and babies receive poor quality maternity care, including many procedures, drugs and tests that are not needed — "overuse" — and failure to get many beneficial forms of care — "underuse".