Significant differences in cesarean section rates between a private and a public hospital in Brazil Diferença notável nas taxas de parto cesariano em hospital público e hospital privado no Brasil

• Main Authors: Sueli de Almeida (Author), Heloisa Bettiol (Author), Marco Antonio Barbieri (Author), Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva (Author), Valdinar Sousa Ribeiro (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2008-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This paper evaluates the association of maternal variables and of variables related to prenatal and delivery care with cesarean sections at a public and at a private maternity. A retrospective cross-sectional study was performed at a public maternity clinic (2,889 deliveries) and at a private matern...