Caesarean Sections in Beijing, China – Results from a Descriptive Study
Hu, Y.; Tao, H.; Cheng, Z. · Das Gesundheitswesen · 2015 · Heft 1 · S. e1 bis e5
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Objective: Caesarean section rates are increasing dramatically in China. The predominant contributor to the increase in China was the unnecessary Caesarean section. The objective of this study was to estimate the excess economic burden caused by unnecessary Caesarean sections vs. vaginal delivery for Beijing and all China. Methods: The 33 476 obstetric medical case files from randomly selected 17 hospitals of Beijing in 2011 were taken for our descriptive approach. Based on the individual medical files and on a definition of what necessary and unnecessary Caesarean sections are, we sampled also the data for cost…