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Health policies for the reduction of obstetric interventions in singleton full-term births in Catalonia

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  • Pueyo, Maria-Jesus
  • Escuriet, Ramon
  • Pérez-Botella, M.
  • de Molina, I.
  • Ruíz-Berdun, D.
  • Albert, S.
  • Díaz, S.
  • Torres-Capcha, P.
  • Ortún, V.

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To explore the effect of hospital's characteristics in the proportion of obstetric interventions (OI) performed in singleton fullterm births (SFTB) in Catalonia (2010–2014), while incentives were employed to reduce C-sections.

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  • Pueyo, Maria-Jesus & Escuriet, Ramon & Pérez-Botella, M. & de Molina, I. & Ruíz-Berdun, D. & Albert, S. & Díaz, S. & Torres-Capcha, P. & Ortún, V., 2018. "Health policies for the reduction of obstetric interventions in singleton full-term births in Catalonia," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 122(4), pages 367-372.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:hepoli:v:122:y:2018:i:4:p:367-372
    DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2018.01.016
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