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ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Midwife-Led Home Births in Japan: A 25-Year Retrospective Analysis of Care in Accordance with WHO Recommendations Before and After COVID-19.

Mari Murakami, Hiromi Kawasaki, Kimiko Tagawa, Eiko Maehara, Mika Tanaka, Maki Takashima, Kaori Fujita, Satoko Yamasaki, Sae Nakaoka, Mikako Yoshihara and 1 more

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Article in Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Mari MurakamiGraduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8553, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2300-5528
Hiromi KawasakiGraduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8553, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-5580-5955
Kimiko TagawaDepartment of Nursing, Faculty of Human Health Sciences, Shunan University, Shunan City 745-8566, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-2230-0832
Eiko MaeharaReiko Birth Center, Hiroshima 734-0004, Japan.
Mika TanakaReiko Birth Center, Hiroshima 734-0004, Japan.
Maki TakashimaReiko Birth Center, Hiroshima 734-0004, Japan.
Kaori FujitaGraduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8553, Japan.
Satoko YamasakiGraduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8553, Japan.ORCID 0000-0003-3720-6419
Sae NakaokaGraduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8553, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-9487-1584
Mikako YoshiharaGraduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8553, Japan.ORCID 0009-0002-4495-6488
Saori FujimotoGraduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 734-8553, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-9129-4379

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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COVID-19 pandemichome birthmidwiferyparturition

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PMID41897271
PMCPMC13026313

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