Caesarean birth rates in public and privately funded hospitals: a cross-sectional study

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To examine maternal and obstetric factors influencing births by cesarean section according to health care funding. METHODS A cross-sectional study with data from Southeastern Brazil. Caesarean section births from February 2011 to July 2012 were included. Data were obtained fro...

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Main Authors: Bruna Dias Alonso, Flora Maria Barbosa da Silva, Maria do Rosário Dias de Oliveira Latorre, Carmen Simone Grilo Diniz, Debra Bick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2017-11-01
Series:Revista de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89102017000100294&lng=en&tlng=en