A global reference for caesarean section rates (C-Model): a multicountry cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To generate a global reference for caesarean section (CS) rates at health facilities.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Health facilities from 43 countries.

Population/sample

Thirty eight thousand three hundred and twenty-four women giving birth from 22 countries for model building and 10,045,875 women giving birth from 43 countries for model testing.

Methods

We hypothesised that mathematical models could determine the relationship between clinical-obstetric characteristics and CS. These models generated probabilities of CS that could be compared with the observed CS rates. We devised a three-step approach to generate the global benchmark of CS rates at health facilities: creation of a multi-country reference population, building mathematic

SUBMITTER: Souza JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4873961 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature