Caesarean delivery and neonatal mortality rates in 46 low- and middle-income countries: a propensity-score matching and meta-analysis of Demographic and Health Survey data | Zendy

Hmwe Hmwe Kyu | Zendy; Harry S. Shan | Zendy; Katholiki Georgiades | Zendy; Michael H. Boyle | Zendy

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Caesarean delivery and neonatal mortality rates in 46 low- and middle-income countries: a propensity-score matching and meta-analysis of Demographic and Health Survey data

Author(s) -

Hmwe Hmwe Kyu,

Harry S. Shan,

Katholiki Georgiades,

Michael H. Boyle

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyt081

Subject(s) - meta analysis , propensity score matching , demography , odds ratio , confidence interval , medicine , meta regression , developing country , biology , sociology , ecology

Previous research on the association between caesarean delivery (CD) and neonatal mortality has had methodological limitations and given conflicting results. We conducted a study to: (i) estimate the association between CD at the individual level and neonatal mortality rates (NMR) in 46 countries; and (ii) examine whether this association varies among countries according to country-level rates of CD or gross domestic product (GDP).

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