CAESAREAN‐SECTION RATES IN AUSTRALIA: A POPULATION‐BASED AUDIT
| Autor: | L. J. Opit, Tom Selwood |
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| Rok vydání: | 1979 |
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medicine.medical_treatment Population Audit Population based Pregnancy Infant Mortality Per capita medicine Humans Caesarean section reproductive and urinary physiology Medical Audit Cesarean Section Perinatal mortality Australia Infant Newborn General Medicine female genital diseases and pregnancy complications Obstetrics Geography Homogeneous Utilization Review Medicine Female Family Practice Specialization Demography |
| Zdroj: | Medical Journal of Australia. 2:706-709 |
| ISSN: | 1326-5377 0025-729X |
| DOI: | 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1979.tb104312.x |
| Popis: | Caesarean-section rates are increasing rapidly in Australia, and in many other Western countries. Private health-fund data for each State of Australia show marked differences in caesarean-section rates between States. Comparison between Western Australia and South Australia showed that these differences could be related to the proportion of specialist obstetricians per capita in each of the States. Although stillbirth rates are lower in the States with high caesarean-section rates, perinatal mortality rates, which include stillbirths, are not significantly different between States. Since the populations of Australian States are reasonably homogeneous, justification for performing more caesarean sections must be questioned. |
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