Mode of delivery trends by hospital type: an 18-year comparison of a military hospital with university and community hospitals.
Publication/Presentation Date
2-1-2014
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine the rate of mode of delivery over 18 years in a military teaching hospital as compared to university and community hospitals.
METHODS: From January 1992 to December 2009, we retrospectively calculated yearly rates for mode of delivery from a military hospital, two university hospitals, a community hospital in South Carolina and all community hospitals in Arkansas.
RESULTS: Over the 18-year period, 803,249 deliveries occurred from all hospitals. Overall the cesarean delivery rates have significantly increased across all practice models (22.7% + 0.9 versus 33.0% + 0.9, p =
CONCLUSIONS: The overall cesarean delivery rate has increased in all practice models but less so in the military. Forceps deliveries have dramatically decreased overall especially in the military hospital.
Volume
179
Issue
2
First Page
169
Last Page
173
ISSN
1930-613X
Published In/Presented At
Dahlke, J. D., Magann, E. F., Bird, T. M., Rohloff, J., Scardo, J. A., & Morrison, J. C. (2014). Mode of delivery trends by hospital type: an 18-year comparison of a military hospital with university and community hospitals. Military medicine, 179(2), 169–173. https://doi.org/10.7205/MILMED-D-13-00431
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
24491613
Department(s)
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Document Type
Article