Reduction in Cesarean Delivery Rates Associated With a State Quality Collaborative in Maryland.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the extent to which hospitals participating in the MDPQC (Maryland Perinatal-Neonatal Quality Care Collaborative) to reduce primary cesarean deliveries adopted policy and practice changes and the association of this adoption with state-level cesarean delivery rates.

Methods

This prospective evaluation of the MDPQC includes 31 (97%) of the birthing hospitals in the state, which all voluntarily participated in the 30-month collaborative from June 2016 to December 2018. Hospital teams agreed to implement practices from the "Safe Reduction of Primary Cesarean Births" patient safety bundle, developed by the Council on Patient Safety in Women's Health Care. Each hospital's implementation of practices in the bundle was measured through surveys of team leaders at

SUBMITTER: Callaghan-Koru JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8715501 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature