STUDY CONCERNING THE COSTS OF BIRTH BY CAESAREAN SECTION COMPARED TO NATURAL BIRTH

Diana Uivaroșan (), Laura Endres () and Mihaela Zdrinca ()
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Diana Uivaroșan: Preclinical Disciplines Departament, University of Oradea, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Oradea, Romania, Preclinical Disciplines Departament, University of Oradea, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Oradea, Romania
Laura Endres: Preclinical Disciplines Departament, University of Oradea, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Oradea, Romania,
Mihaela Zdrinca: Preclinical Disciplines Departament, University of Oradea, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Oradea, Romania,

Annals of Faculty of Economics, 2016, vol. 1, issue 2, 127-131

Abstract: The birth by caesarean section has become an expanding phenomenon in the recent years, natural births being more and more rare in Romania. The increasing incidence of these operations has been observed in the recent years, in the conditions of more effective fetal monitoring, modification of the malpractice law and increasing degree of information of the women. In Romania, depending on the hospital, the percentage of births by caesarean section ranges between 20-80%, even 90% (these latter percentage being valid especially in private clinics). The percentage of the operations is higher in big cities, and in Bucharest about 70% of the births are done by C-section. The World Health Organization recommends a maximum percentage surgical intervention of 10-15%. Fearing the labor pain, more and more women are choosing to bring their children into the world by Caesarean section. Also the number of doctors who claim that cesarean section is a better option is increasing. Both persons involved in the birth process have the responsibility of that decision - meaning both mother and doctor. The option of the mother is very important, but the recommendation of the doctor can make the difference. The decision is not only of the doctor, he just presents the information that the mother does not know, mother's wish being the most important. In this paper we conducted a study to determine the comparative costs of the vaginal births with those by Caesarean section. The retrospective study was conducted between 01.01.2015 - 31.12.2015, on 3607 births registered in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinics of Clinical Emergency County Hospital Oradea. Gemellary births were excluded from the study. We analyzed the comparative costs of a vaginal birth and of a birth by caesarean section in order to highlight the share of cesarean births compared to vaginal births.

Keywords: vaginal birth; cesarean birth; surgery; woman; pregnancy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: G23 I10 I11 I13 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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