TY - RPRT TI - Organisation of maternity services in Belgium AU - Lefèvre Mélanie AU - Bouckaert Nicolas AU - Camberlin Cécile AU - Devriese Stephan AU - Pincé Hilde AU - de Meester Christophe AU - Fricheteau Benoît AU - Van de Voorde Carine AB - KCE Reports 323C (2019) Excess capacity of Belgian maternity services was calculated in KCE report 289 and amounts to about 1 000 beds. Hence, a reduction in the number of maternity services was recommended. This is in line with an international trend to close smaller maternity services and transfer their activities to larger services in order to reduce the average cost per delivery. T2 - KCE Reports CY - Brussels PY - 2019 LA - English M3 - Health Services Research (HSR) PB - Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (KCE) SN - 323 VO - D2019/10.273/68 DO - https://doi.org/10.57598/R323C ER -