Classifying caesarean section to understand rising rates among Palestinian refugees: results from 290,047 electronic medical records across five settings

• Main Authors: Zeina Jamaluddine (Author), Gloria Paolucci (Author), Ghada Ballout (Author), Hussam Al-Fudoli (Author), Louise T. Day (Author), Akihiro Seita (Author), Oona M. R. Campbell (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Rising caesarean-section rates worldwide are driven by non-medically indicated caesarean-sections. A systematic review concluded that the ten-group classification system (Robson) is the most appropriate for assessing drivers of caesarean deliveries. Evidence on the drivers of cae...