Is the caesarean section rate a performance indicator of an obstetric unit?

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 204-207

  Singh, Ruchi ^a   Nath Trivedi, Amarendra ^b  

^a ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PENINSULA HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

gynecology; Obstetrics; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE SUBFERTILITY; FETUS DEATH; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; FETUS MORTALITY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOB PERFORMANCE; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL ETHICS; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOLUTIO PLACENTAE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL RISK; TACHYPNEA; UTERUS RUPTURE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

BIRTH RATE; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY ROOMS; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 78651450017     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2010.496501     Document Type: Review

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