Accounting for the Rise in C-sections: Evidence from Population Level Data / Sara Allin, Michael Baker, Maripier Isabelle, Mark Stabile.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allin, Sara.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Baker, Michael.

Isabelle, Maripier.

Stabile, Mark.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w21022.

NBER working paper series no. w21022

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Other Title:

Accounting for the Rise in C-sections

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 2015.

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Print version record

March 2015.