Health system factors and caesarean sections in Kosovo: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the association of caesarean section rates with the health system characteristics in the public hospitals of Kosovo.

Design

Cross-sectional survey.

Setting

Five largest public hospitals in Kosovo.

Participants

859 women with low-risk deliveries who delivered from April to May 2015 in five public hospitals in Kosovo.

Outcome measures

The prespecified outcomes were the crude and adjusted OR of births delivered with caesarean section by health system characteristics such as delivery by the physician who provided antenatal care, health insurance status and other. Additional prespecified outcomes were caesarean section rates and crude ORs for delivery with caesarean in each public hospital.

Results

Women with personal monthly i

SUBMITTER: Hoxha I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6500236 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature