Cesarean sections in Brazil: will they ever stop increasing?

• Main Authors: Fernando C. Barros, Alicia Matijasevich, Ana Goretti K. Maranhão, Juan J. Escalante, Dacio L. Rabello Neto, Roberto M. Fernandes, Maria Esther A. Vilella, Ana Cristina Matos, Cristina Albuquerque, Roldofo Gómez Ponce de Léon, Cesar G. Victora
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish; Portuguese
• Published: Pan American Health Organization
• Subjects: Cesarean section; delivery; obstetric; trial of labor; socioeconomic factors; maternal and child health; Brazil; Medicine; R; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Paras
• Online Access: https://doaj.org/article/b8867aa4df704bbeb43a29433f11c647

OBJECTIVE: To describe trends, geographic distribution, and risk factors for cesarean deliveries in Brazil in 2000-2011, and to determine if efforts to curtail rates have had a measurable impact. METHODS: This was an observational study using nationwide information from the Department of Informatics...