Factors influencing rising caesarean section rates in China between 1988 and 2008

OBJECTIVE: To identify factors driving the rapid increase in caesarean section in China between 1988 and 2008. METHODS: Data from four national cross-sectional surveys (1993, 1998, 2003 and 2008) and modified Poisson regression were used to determine whether changes in household income, access to he...

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Main Authors: Xing Lin Feng, Ling Xu, Yan Guo, Carine Ronsmans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The World Health Organization 2012-01-01
Series:Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862012000100010&lng=en&tlng=en