Hospital-level variation in racial disparities in low-risk nulliparous cesarean delivery rates.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nationally, rates of cesarean delivery are highest among Black patients compared with other racial/ethnic groups. These observed inequities are a relatively new phenomenon (in the 1980s, cesarean delivery rates among Black patients were lower than average), indicating an opportunity to narrow the gap. Cesarean delivery rates vary greatly among hospitals, masking racial disparities that are unseen when rates are reported in aggregate.

Objective

This study aimed to explore reasons for the current large Black-White disparity in first-birth cesarean delivery rates by first examining the hospital-level variation in first-birth cesarean delivery rates among different racial/ethnic groups. We then identified hospitals that had low first-birth cesarean delivery rates amon

SUBMITTER: Main EK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10873027 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature