Table 1 Defining the care categories
From: A multicriteria resource allocation model for the redesign of services following birth
Category | Definition |
|---|---|
0a | Routine care plus parenting support for healthy mother and baby but lacking parenting/ feeding skill or confidence. |
0b | Routine care plus parenting support for healthy mother and baby but lacking parenting/ feeding skill or confidence. |
1 | Additional care for mother and /or baby with some medical, mental health and /or social needs. |
2 | Additional care with liaison with other services to meet complex health or social needs. |
3 | Intensive additional care with liaison with other services to address serious, complex health or social needs. Given the very low numbers in this category they were subsumed into a joint category 2&3. |