Journal of Health & Medical Informatics

Birgit Arabin

Publications

• Review Article
  Comparison of Obstetric Care in Germany and in the Netherlands
  Author(s): Birgit Arabin and Gerard HA VisserBirgit Arabin and Gerard HA Visser
  
  Germany and the Netherlands are wealthy countries in close neighborhood within Europe. They both have a general health care insurance system and a tradition of recognized research in perinatal medicine. Nevertheless, there are significant differences in the way how obstetric training and care are organized: Germany had two different health care systems (East/West) from 1945 to 1990, in the Netherlands, home deliveries are still common. Today, the number of gynecologists per patient is much higher in Germany compared to the Netherlands. In Germany, training of residents is still not supervised whereas in the Netherlands there is a long tradition of audits of the training facilities. Amazingly, in Germany there is no established guideline group of the professional boards whereas in the Netherlands, all guidelines are democratically establ.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2157-7420.S11-014

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