Use of the Robson classification to assess caesarean section trends in 21 countries: a secondary analysis of two WHO multicountry surveys

• Main Authors: Dr. Joshua P Vogel, MBBS (Author), Ana Pilar Betrán, PhD (Author), Nadia Vindevoghel, MD (Author), João Paulo Souza, PhD (Author), Maria Regina Torloni, PhD (Author), Prof. Jun Zhang, PhD (Author), Özge Tunçalp, PhD (Author), Rintaro Mori, MD (Author), Naho Morisaki, PhD (Author), Eduardo Ortiz-Panozo, MD (Author), Bernardo Hernandez, DSc (Author), Ricardo Pérez-Cuevas, DrSc (Author), Zahida Qureshi, MD (Author), A Metin Gülmezoglu, PhD (Author), Marleen Temmerman, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2015-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Rates of caesarean section surgery are rising worldwide, but the determinants of this increase, especially in low-income and middle-income countries, are controversial. In this study, we aimed to analyse the contribution of specific obstetric populations to changes in caesarean section r...