What Is the Safest Population‐Level Caesarean Delivery Rate? A National Cohort Study Using Natural Variation
In Norway, a country with free access to high-quality medical care, a local caesarean-delivery rate of 10% was associated with nearly a two-fold risk of neonatal encephalopathy and a 50% higher occurrence of cerebral palsy compared with areas with a caesarean-delivery rate of 20%.
Authors
- Dag Moster (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9181-4306)
- Rolv T. Lie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6287-4051)
- Allen J. Wilcox (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3376-1311)
Institutions
- Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NO)
- Haukeland University Hospital (NO)
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (US)
- University of Bergen (NO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
- Published
- 2025-07-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.18301
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.17
Funders
- Helse Vest
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences