AOL

C-section rates vary widely by hospital, but women often can't see the data

Roughly one in 10 pregnant women in the US undergoes a cesarean section that experts say could have been avoided. One of the strongest predictors of her risk of a medically unnecessary C-section isn't ...
Becker's Hospital Review

Could freestanding birth centers and bundled payments slow spiraling costs for maternal care – and decrease C-Sections?

The steady rise in C-sections from 21 percent of births in 1996 to 32 percent today is a major quality and cost problem. The trend has been associated with a significant increase in serious maternal ...
AOL

C-sections are a moneymaker. One hospital tried to fight the system — and lost.

How each hospital is run dramatically impacts how many surgeries its doctors perform, and C-section rates can swing wildly from hospital to hospital. To track this, Business Insider analyzed C-section ...
MLive

How one Michigan hospital reduced its above-average C-section rate

Henry Ford West Bloomfield had one of the highest cesarean section birth rates among Michigan’s hospitals in March 2020 through April 2021. The hospital’s C-section rate for low-risk, first-time ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

New program brings postpartum health care to mothers' homes

BENEFITS. BABY DARCY IS ALL SMILES, SNUGGLED IN MOM’S LAP IN THEIR WESTBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS HOME. HOME IS WHERE MOM EXPERIENCED A HEALING HAND. WE WERE ABLE TO GET HOSPITAL LEVEL CARE, BUT IN THE ...