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Risk adjustment for inter-hospital comparison of primary cesarean section rates: need, validity and parsimony.

BMC Health Serv Res (2006) PMID 16911770 PMCID 1590020

Cesarean section rates is often used as an indicator of quality of care in maternity hospitals. The assumption is that lower rates reflect in developed countries more appropriate clinical practice and general better performances. Hospitals are thus often ranked on the basis of caesarean section rates. The aim of this study is to assess whether the adjustment for clinical and sociodemographic variables of the mother and the fetus is necessary for inter-hospital comparisons of cesarean section (c-section) rates and to assess whether a risk adjustment model based on a limited number of variables could be identified and used.

DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-6-100
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