A model for the distribution of daily number of births in obstetric clinics based on a descriptive retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To test whether the relatively unpredictable nature of labour onset can be described by the Poisson distribution.

Design

A descriptive retrospective study.

Setting

From the Danish Birth Registry, we identified births from all seven obstetric clinics in the capital region of Denmark (n=211 290) between 2000 and the end of 2009. On each date, the number of births at each department was registered. Births are categorised based on whether an elective caesarean section or induction of labour has been performed, and among the remaining 'non-elective births', acute caesareans were registered.

Methods

After the exclusion of elective caesarean sections and births after induction of labour, only 'non-elective' births (n=171 009) were included for the main stati

SUBMITTER: Gam CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3758974 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature