Childcare holds key to higher birth rates

Since 2005, national health insurance provides full coverage for normal deliveries as well as analgesia for vaginal delivery. According to the Insurance Review and Assessment Service, the number of high-risk deliveries jumped four fold in 2011 (54,454) compared to 2006 (25,855). ¡°We usually conside...

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Published inThe Korea Times
Main Author Hyun-gi, Noh
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Seoul Korea Times 11.06.2012
Subjects
Age
Births
Cesarean section
Childbirth & labor
Children & youth
Diabetes
Diagnosis related groups
DRGs
Health insurance
Hospitalization
Hypertension
Mothers
Pregnancy
Surgery
Womens health
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Summary:Since 2005, national health insurance provides full coverage for normal deliveries as well as analgesia for vaginal delivery. According to the Insurance Review and Assessment Service, the number of high-risk deliveries jumped four fold in 2011 (54,454) compared to 2006 (25,855). ¡°We usually consider 35 as the cut-off age for a statistically safe delivery,¡± said Lee Kyong-wook, assistant professor at the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Korea University Asan Hospital. In serious cases, blood vessels contract blocking the blood flow and delivery of nutrition to the placenta. [...]monitoring blood pressure is crucial to high-risk mothers and keeping a protein-rich diet can help strengthen the vessels.