In high-income countries, medical interventions to address the known risks associated with
pregnancy and birth have been largely successful and have resulted in very low levels of …

Background The optimal caesarean section rate is estimated to be between 10–15%;
however, it is much higher in high and many middle-income countries and continues to be …

Importance Safe reduction of the cesarean delivery rate is a national priority. Objective To
evaluate the rates of cesarean delivery for nulliparous, term, singleton, vertex (NTSV) births …

Objective Financial incentives associated with private insurance may encourage healthcare
providers to perform more caesarean sections. We therefore sought to determine the …

The purpose of this study was to investigate the association between pregnancy-specific
anxiety and elective cesarean section, and identify the critical period in which pregnancy …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the use of administrative data for identification of labor induction
and to estimate the variation in cesarean delivery rates among low-risk women who …

Importance The Joint Commission Unexpected Complications in Term Newborns measure
characterizes newborn morbidity potentially associated with quality of labor and delivery …

Objective To examine whether hospital-level factors contribute to discrepancies in reporting
to Child Protective Services (CPS) of infants diagnosed with prenatal substance exposure …

OBJECTIVES To investigate racial and ethnic differences in unexpected, term newborn
morbidity and the influence of hospital quality on disparities. METHODS We used 2010 …

Importance Substantial regional variation in cesarean delivery rates has been reported in
China, but there is a lack of reports on hospital-level variation in these rates among low-risk …