Becker's Healthcare May 23, 2023
Hospitals made significant improvements on reducing episiotomies and early elective deliveries during the pandemic, but cesarean sections among patients least likely to need them increased, according to newly released data from The Leapfrog Group
The patient safety group released findings from its “2023 Maternity Care Report” May 23. The report is based on data from Leapfrog’s hospital survey from last year, which includes responses from more than 2,300 U.S. hospitals.
Key findings:
- The average rate of nulliparous, term, singleton, vertox C-sections — which refer to mothers with first-time pregnancies that have reached at least 37 weeks and have a single baby in the head-down position — increased during the pandemic. Less than half of reporting hospitals met the...
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