Cen­ter­ing is patient-cen­tered care. The vis­it sched­ule and con­tent fol­low nation­al­ly rec­og­nized guide­lines with flex­i­bil­i­ty and time to explore health and well­ness top­ics that fit the group’s needs. Receiv­ing health­care in a group set­ting leads to greater engage­ment, learn­ing, and self-confidence.

Patients and providers say - ​“It’s bet­ter care!” 

Cen­ter­ing­Preg­nan­cy decreas­es the rate of preterm and low weight babies, increas­es breast­feed­ing rates, and leads to bet­ter preg­nan­cy spac­ing. In Cen­ter­ing­Par­ent­ing fam­i­ly cen­tered well-child care, there is bet­ter atten­dance at rec­om­mend­ed vis­its and improved immu­niza­tion rates.

Cen­ter­ing­Preg­nan­cy has been shown to near­ly elim­i­nate racial dis­par­i­ties in preterm birth. African Amer­i­can women, who are at high­er risk for preterm birth in the US, expe­ri­ence low­er risk of preterm birth when enrolled in Cen­ter­ing­Preg­nan­cy than in tra­di­tion­al care. 

The cost of preterm birth and relat­ed con­di­tions is more than 10x that of a healthy baby. Cen­ter­ing could save the health­care sys­tem $8 bil­lion each year by pre­vent­ing preterm birth alone.

Imag­ine the sav­ings that could be achieved from oth­er emerg­ing ben­e­fits like low­er rates of ges­ta­tion­al dia­betes, improved detec­tion and treat­ment of post­par­tum depres­sion, improved breast­feed­ing, and bet­ter preg­nan­cy spacing.