tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181472671648618071.post2844482349030253344..comments2023-10-18T15:20:33.029+01:00Comments on cesarean debate (now caesareanbirth.org): Going Up... 34% U.S. C-Section Rate reported in HealthGrades studycesarean debatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01711913972260724246noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181472671648618071.post-70078382660891033112011-07-21T22:45:47.681+01:002011-07-21T22:45:47.681+01:00There are a few studies, and probably the best pla...There are a few studies, and probably the best place to point you to is the 2006 NIH State-of-the-Science Conference Statement on cesarean delivery on maternal request:<br />http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17308552<br />The NIH panel looked at a whole range of studies in order to reach their conclusions.<br /><br />The HealthGrades study I refer to in my post is: <br />21 July, 2003 HealthGrades Quality Study First-Time Preplanned ‘Patient Choice’ Cesarean Section Rates in the United States<br />http://www.healthgrades.com/media/english/pdf/Patient_Choice_Csection_Study_July_2003.pdf<br /><br />I hope this helps.<br />Best wishes,<br />Paulinecesarean debatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01711913972260724246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4181472671648618071.post-55267569465230157322011-07-21T16:58:04.995+01:002011-07-21T16:58:04.995+01:00Thank you for the post. Do you know of any US-base...Thank you for the post. Do you know of any US-based studies that divvy up c-sections this way? Also, do you have a citation or title for the older HealthGrades report?JMTnoreply@blogger.com