What are the Benefits to Business and Industry?

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Birth centers offer business and industry direct savings in the cost of health benefits. If only 100,00 births were attended in birth centers, annual savings could be almost $314 million. 2, 3
The birth center program provides a starting base for the wellness and prevention programs being established in industry.
The family is the hinge pin of the employee. Industry's support of a program that encourages family unity, self-determination and responsible health can only improve employee performance.
Birth center care encourages childbearing women (who may also be employees) to be confident in the design of their bodies. Such confidence, in turn, builds self-esteem and starts the young family off on thinking of pregnancy, birth and family health as wellness, not disease. The nine-month intensive focus on improving family health by promotion of lifestyle changes in pregnancy can have a significant ripple effect in the long-term improvement of family health.