Screening for inter-hospital differences in cesarean section rates in low-risk deliveries using administrative data: An initiative to improve the quality of care

BACKGROUND: Rising national cesarean section rates (CSRs) and unexplained inter-hospital differences in CSRs, led national and international bodies to select CSR as a quality indicator. Using hospital discharge abstracts, we aimed to document in Belgium (1) inter-hospital differences in CSRs among l...

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Autores principales: Aelvoet, Willem, Windey, Francis, Molenberghs, Geert, Verstraelen, Hans, Van Reempts, Patrick, Foidart, Jean-Michel
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2266728/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18177493
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-8-3

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