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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-2-17
pubmed:abstractText
This retrospective study examined the Caesarean section rates of 15 obstetricians at 1 hospital delivering 5,559 nulliparas with a single cephalic baby of birth-weight > or = 2,500 g. There was a wide variation in obstetricians' Caesarean rates, whether considering all their deliveries (5.5% to 20.1%), deliveries of their own patients (8.9% to 28.2%), or deliveries of their colleagues' patients (4.5% to 17.9%). There was no relation between Caesarean rates and perinatal outcome. The different Caesarean section rates among the obstetricians could not be explained by institutional factors, physician convenience, patient differences, or self-serving economic incentives.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0004-8666
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
387-92
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
Differences among obstetricians in caesarean section rates.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article