[0.54] Dr Pat and Brigid talk about what is covered in this week’s episode.

[1.32] Dr Pat gives the name of the study and gives a summary of the study and what it covers.

[2.52] Dr Pat defines the 2 types of care that the study covered.

[4.20] Dr Pat talks about how the study groups were selected and matched.

[6.40] Brigid gives some stats relating to the study.

[7.35] Brigid and Dr Pat talk about the age of the data.

[8.35] Dr Pat talks about the researchers for the study and their backgrounds.

[9.12] Dr Pat talks about what happened when people swapped from public to private care or vice versa in the study.

[10.57] Dr Pat talks about some of the outcomes that the study wanted to measure.

[13.02] Dr Pat and Brigid talk about some of the outcomes that were more common in the public group.

[13.55] Dr Pat talks about the increased rate of caesareans in the private group.

[14.28] Dr Pat talks about the increased rate of induction of labours in the public group.

[16.30] Dr Pat talks about the vary in the choice of instrumental births between each group.

[17.41] Dr Pat and Brigid talk about the total cost of public care and private care and the unexpectedness of the findings.

Total cost of births for each sector:

Public $28,645

Private $22,757

[19.35] Dr Pat and Brigid talk about the out-of-pocket costs for a patient for both public and private births.

[20.49] Brigid and Dr Pat talk about the government funding for public and private births.

[22.20] Brigid talks about the medico legal amounts.

[22.57] Dr Pat talks about the myth that private obstetricians get more money for doing caesarean which is why there are more caesareans in the private sector.

[24.04] Dr Pat and Brigid talk about the funding for caesareans in the public sector.

[24.38] Dr Pat talks about why the study wouldn’t have covered stand-alone midwifery care.

“Around 50% of pregnancies that start with stand-alone midwifery care need an obstetrician at some point in their pregnancy.”

[27.09] Dr Pat talks about what people should take away from the results of this study.

[28.20] Brigid talks about the episodes people should listen to if they want for information on specific conditions.

[29.10] Dr Pat and Brigid talk about continuity of care and how important it can be.

[30.50] Dr Pat and Brigid talk about the things they wish the study covered such as satisfaction.

[32.27] Brigid talks about her experience of birthing in the public system and how it has changed to what it is now in terms of continuity of care.

[33.28] Dr Pat talks about his experience as a public obstetrician compared to his experience as a private obstetrician in terms of continuity of care.

[35.32] Dr Pat talks about what can be learnt from this study for both the public and private sectors.

[37.50] Dr Pat talks about how someone can make an informed choice about whether to have their baby in the public or private sector.

[38.20] Brigid and Dr Pat talk about what people should consider when deciding to take up private health insurance.

[40.12] Dr Pat and Brigid sum up the key things from the episode.

You can find the study here