Accounting for the Rise in C-sections: Evidence from Population Level Data
Sara Allin,
Michael Baker,
Maripier Isabelle and
Mark Stabile
No 21022, NBER Working Papers from National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
Abstract:
Drawing on administrative records of nearly 4 million births in Canada as well as macro data from the US and Australia, we provide a comprehensive account of rising C-section rates. We explicitly consider the contributions of the changing characteristics of mothers, births, and physicians as well as changing financial incentives for C-section deliveries. These factors account for at most one-half of the increase in C-section rates. The majority of the remaining increase in C-sections over the period 1994-2011 occurred in the early 2000s. We overview the relative contributions that the Hannah Breech Trial and technological change may have played in this development.
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Date: 2015-03
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