Evidence Base Supporting the Consensus Recommendations for Clinical Actions in the Transition from Maternity Care to Primary Care
The Evidence Base Supporting the Consensus Recommendations for Clinical Actions in the Transition from Maternity Care to Primary Care provides the published citations and quality-of-evidence grading underlying CQC’s postpartum-to-primary care recommendations.
Organized by condition and recommendation, the resource summarizes the key findings supporting each clinical and operational action and uses a four-tier grading framework reflecting guideline endorsement, strength of evidence, emerging evidence and implementation or health systems rationale.
The Evidence Base covers universal postpartum-to-primary care practices, gestational diabetes, pre-existing type 2 diabetes, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and maternal mental health.