Use of the Robson classification to assess caesarean section trends in 21 countries: a secondary analysis of two WHO multicountry surveys

Use of the Robson classification to assess caesarean section trends in 21 countries: a secondary analysis of two WHO multicountry surveys

Background: Rates of caesarean section surgery are rising worldwide, but the determinants of this increase, especially in low-income and middle-income countries, are controversial. In this study, we aimed to analyse the contribution of specific obstetric populations to changes in caesarean section r...

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Main Authors: Dr. Joshua P Vogel, MBBS, Ana Pilar Betrán, PhD, Nadia Vindevoghel, MD, João Paulo Souza, PhD, Maria Regina Torloni, PhD, Prof. Jun Zhang, PhD, Özge Tunçalp, PhD, Rintaro Mori, MD, Naho Morisaki, PhD, Eduardo Ortiz-Panozo, MD, Bernardo Hernandez, DSc, Ricardo Pérez-Cuevas, DrSc, Zahida Qureshi, MD, A Metin Gülmezoglu, PhD, Marleen Temmerman, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-05-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X1570094X

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