Changes in cesarean section rates after introduction of a punitive financial policy in Georgia: A population-based registry study 2017-2019.
<h4>Background</h4>There is little research on how financial incentives and penalties impact national cesarean section rates. In January 2018, Georgia introduced a national cesarean section reduction policy, which imposes a financial penalty on hospitals that do not meet their reduction...
Main Authors: | Ingvild Hersoug Nedberg, Tinatin Manjavidze, Charlotta Rylander, Ellen Blix, Finn Egil Skjeldestad, Erik Eik Anda |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2022-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271491 |
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