[A model for organization of prenatal care].

The article presents a model for organized prenatal care in a district of 45,000 people. General practitioners, midwives and an obstetrician share responsibility for pregnant women in the region. The general practitioners have primary responsibility for the prenatal care, but all the pregnant women are offered consultation with the midwife twice and with the obstetrician once during the pregnancy. The midwives give general information on pregnancy and birth, and also take part in the ultrasonographic screening program. The obstetrician provides individual care to women with risk pregnancies, or in the event of complications. This system offers similar prenatal care to all pregnant women in the area without interfering with their personal wishes.