Socioeconomic differences in caesarean section – are they explained by medical need? An analysis of patient record data of a large Kenyan hospital

BACKGROUND: Caesarean section (C-section) rates are often low among the poor and very high among the better-off in low- and middle-income countries. We examined to what extent these differences are explained by medical need in an African context. METHODS: We analyzed electronic records of 12,209 wom...

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Autores principales: van der Spek, Lisa, Sanglier, Sterre, Mabeya, Hillary M., van den Akker, Thomas, Mertens, Paul L. J. M., Houweling, Tanja A. J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7341621/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32641057
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12939-020-01215-2

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7341621/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32641057
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12939-020-01215-2

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