Shifting Patterns in Cesarean Delivery Scheduling and Timing in Oregon before and after a Statewide Hard Stop Policy.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the use and timing of scheduled cesareans and other categories of cesarean delivery and the prevalence of neonatal morbidity among cesareans in Oregon before and after the implementation of Oregon's statewide policy limiting elective early deliveries.

Data sources

Oregon vital statistics records, 2008-2013.

Study design

Retrospective cohort study, with multivariable logistic regression, regression controlling for time trends, and interrupted time series analyses, to compare the odds of different categories of cesarean delivery and the odds of neonatal morbidity pre- and postpolicy.

Data collection/extraction methods

We analyzed vital statistics data on all term births in Oregon (2008-2013), excluding births in 2011.

Principal findings

SUBMITTER: Muoto I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6056593 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature