Relaxation of the One Child Policy and Trends in Cesarean Section Rates and Birth Outcomes in China Between 2012 and 2016: Observational Study of Nearly Seven Million Health Facility Births
Liang, Juan;
Mu, Yi;
Li, Xiaohong;
Tang, Wen;
Wang, Yanping;
Liu, Zheng;
Huang, Xiaona;
Scherpbier, Robert W;
Guo, Sufang;
Li, Mingrong;
+7 more...Dai, Li;
Deng, Kui;
Deng, Changfei;
Li, Qi;
Kang, Leni;
Zhu, Jun;
Ronsmans, Carine;
(2018)
Relaxation of the One Child Policy and Trends in Cesarean Section Rates and Birth Outcomes in China Between 2012 and 2016: Observational Study of Nearly Seven Million Health Facility Births.
Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey, 73 (8).
pp. 447-449.
ISSN 0029-7828
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ogx.0000544558.91752.20
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(Abstracted from BMJ 2018;360:k817)
Health care communities around the world have expressed concerns about the health effects of increased cesarean delivery rates. In China, complex factors such as financial incentives and medicolegal concerns have influenced the high cesarean rates.