title: Impact of non-clinical factors on primary cesarean deliveries.
abstract: The patient characteristics that influence cesarean rates are well known. However, there are many non clinical factors that also influence cesarean rates. Understanding these non clinical factors and how they can be changed to improve care is an important part of obstetrics. Provider staffing patterns, the types of providers and how information can be used to effectively change practice patterns are explored in this article.
authors.affiliation: Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center for Health Care Research and Policy, MetroHealth Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44109, USA. jbailit@metrohealth.org
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bailit
mesh_terms: D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008880:Midwifery / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010820:Physicians / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011247:Pregnancy