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Hospital Differences in Cesarean Deliveries in Massachusetts (US) 2004–2006: The Case against Case-Mix Artifact

OBJECTIVE: We examined the extent to which differences in hospital-level cesarean delivery rates in Massachusetts were attributable to hospital-level, rather than maternal, characteristics. METHODS: Birth certificate and maternal in-patient hospital discharge records for 2004–06 in Massachusetts wer...

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Autores principales: Cáceres, Isabel A., Arcaya, Mariana, Declercq, Eugene, Belanoff, Candice M., Janakiraman, Vanitha, Cohen, Bruce, Ecker, Jeffrey, Smith, Lauren A., Subramanian, S. V.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3601117/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23526952
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0057817