Caesarean birth rates in public and privately funded hospitals: a cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Bruna Dias Alonso (Author), Flora Maria Barbosa da Silva (Author), Maria do Rosário Dias de Oliveira Latorre (Author), Carmen Simone Grilo Diniz (Author), Debra Bick (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To examine maternal and obstetric factors influencing births by cesarean section according to health care funding. METHODS A cross-sectional study with data from Southeastern Brazil. Caesarean section births from February 2011 to July 2012 were included. Data were obtained from in...