Estimating the effect of cesarean section rate on health outcome. Evidence from Swedish hospital data. Export

@article{citeulike:1267851, abstract = {This paper tests the null hypothesis of a zero effect of cesarean section rate on health outcome against the alternative of a positive effect. Using data from 59 hospitals in Sweden from 1988-92, we specify two separate linear regression models for health outcome, one with perinatal mortality, and the other with rate of asphyxia, as dependent variable. We estimate the models by single-year cross-section regressions and as pooled data systems. The null hypothesis cannot be rejected, i.e., we do not find any significant positive effect of cesarean section rate on health outcome. Thus, we conclude that an increase in cesarean section rate does not imply lower perinatal mortality or lower rate of asphyxia. This in turn indicates that the minimum cesarean section rate is optimal.}, address = {Stockholm School of Economics.}, author = {Eckerlund, I. and Gerdtham, U. G.}, citeulike-article-id = {1267851}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10407600}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=10407600}, issn = {0266-4623}, journal = {Int J Technol Assess Health Care}, keywords = {cesarean, hospital, rate, sweden}, number = {1}, pages = {123--135}, posted-at = {2007-04-30 13:25:04}, priority = {2}, title = {Estimating the effect of cesarean section rate on health outcome. Evidence from Swedish hospital data.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10407600}, volume = {15}, year = {1999} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1267851 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1267851 N2 - This paper tests the null hypothesis of a zero effect of cesarean section rate on health outcome against the alternative of a positive effect. Using data from 59 hospitals in Sweden from 1988-92, we specify two separate linear regression models for health outcome, one with perinatal mortality, and the other with rate of asphyxia, as dependent variable. We estimate the models by single-year cross-section regressions and as pooled data systems. The null hypothesis cannot be rejected, i.e., we do not find any significant positive effect of cesarean section rate on health outcome. Thus, we conclude that an increase in cesarean section rate does not imply lower perinatal mortality or lower rate of asphyxia. This in turn indicates that the minimum cesarean section rate is optimal. IS - 1 JF - Int J Technol Assess Health Care SN - 0266-4623 AD - Stockholm School of Economics. EP - 135 TI - Estimating the effect of cesarean section rate on health outcome. Evidence from Swedish hospital data. VL - 15 SP - 123 KW - cesarean KW - hospital KW - rate KW - sweden AU - Eckerlund, I AU - Gerdtham, UG PY - 1999/// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10407600 ER -