Publicly insured caesarean sections in private hospitals: a repeated cross-sectional analysis in Chile.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To measure the likelihood of delivery by caesarean section (C-section) for publicly insured births as compared with privately insured births, across all hospitals and within private hospitals.

Design

Repeated cross-sectional analysis.

Setting

The universe of hospital births in 15 regions of Chile.

Participants

2 405 082 singleton births between 2001 and 2014.

Outcome measures

C-section rates by type of hospital and type of insurance; contribution to overall C-section rates of subgroups by type of insurance and type of hospital; adjusted OR of privately insured births delivered by C-section compared with publicly insured births, across all hospitals and within private hospitals; percentage of discharges related to maternal morbidity and mortalit

SUBMITTER: Borrescio-Higa F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6500210 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature