Socioeconomic Differences in Rates of Cesarean Section
- 27 July 1989
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 321 (4), 233-239
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198907273210406
Abstract
Increasing cesarean-section rates have focused attention on variations in the use of this procedure that appear to be independent of medical indication. We investigated the relation between the rate of primary cesarean section and socioeconomic status in a cohort of 245,854 singleton infants born to non-Hispanic white, black, Asian-American, and Mexican-American residents of Los Angeles County, California.Keywords
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