Maternal clinical diagnoses and hospital variation in the risk of cesarean delivery: analyses of a National US Hospital Discharge Database.
Cesarean delivery is the most common inpatient surgery in the United States, where 1.3 million cesarean sections occur annually, and rates vary widely by hospital. Identifying sources of variation in cesarean use is crucial to improving the consistency and quality of obstetric care. We used hospital...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2014-10-01
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| Series: | PLoS Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4205118?pdf=render |