Recent Trends and Patterns in Cesarean and Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) Deliveries in the United States

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 179-192

  MacDorman, Marian ^a   Declercq, Eugene ^b   Menacker, Fay ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean delivery; International comparisons; Primary cesarean; United states; Vaginal birth after cesarean; VBAC

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BIRTH RATE; BIRTHPLACE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL AGE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN DELIVERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958011209     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: 15579840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2011.03.007     Document Type: Review

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