HOME BIRTHS CHEAPER, SAFER. Low-risk home births are cheaper and safer than deliveries in hospitals and birthing centers, according to a recent study by Centre College professor David Anderson. He and certified nurse midwife Rondi Anderson reviewed data from more than 33,000 deliveries in the U.S. and found that home births could reduce delivery costs by more than two-thirds with no increase in the risk of infant mortality. "Childbirth makes up one-fifth of all health care expenditures in the U.S., and there is increasing interest in birthing alternatives that could free up resources for other healthcare needs."

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