Do cesarean deliveries on maternal request lead to greater maternal care utilization during six-month, one-year, and two-year postpartum periods? Evidence from NHI claims data in Taiwan

Tsai-Ching Liu, Chung-Ping Albert Loh, Chung-Liang Lin and Chin-Shyan Chen

Health Policy, 2014, vol. 117, issue 1, 39-47

Abstract: The purpose of the study is to examine whether women who have undergone cesarean deliveries on maternal request (CDMR) have a higher utilization of outpatient and inpatient obstetric and gynecological services than do those with vaginal deliveries (VD).

Keywords: Cesarean deliveries; Vaginal deliveries; Postpartum; Long-term outcome; Maternal care utilization; Taiwan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2013.10.003

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