Week 3 H&S Workshop

Question 1

What is a ‘model of care’ in pregnancy care?

Answer 1

• Who is getting the care?
• Who is providing the care?
• How?
• Where?

Question 2

What are the four main models of care in pregnancy?

Answer 2

1. Public hospital maternity care
2. GP shared care
3. Midwifery group practice
4. Private

Question 3

What factors affect the accessibility of a model of care in antenal care?

Answer 3

1. Workforce (supply/demand)
2. Funding/billing structure
3. Patient demand (cultural/economic preferences)

Question 4

Outline the public hospital model of antenatal care

Answer 4

Antenatal care provided purely within the public systtem, by midwives and/or doctors across inpatent and outside clinics

Question 5

Outline the GP shared care model of antenatal care

Answer 5

Care provided by a GP in the community, in collaboration with staff at a public hospital.

GP handles care prenatally until it’s the appropriate time for other hospital staff to take over. And GP also handles postnatal care (↑ continuity of care — aspect of good health service delivery)

Question 6

Outline the midwifery group model of antenatal care

Answer 6

• Same costs as public hospital
• A single midwife is allocated; doctors only brought in for medical complications etc
• ↓ accessibility since demand > supply