Open AccessVariation in use of Caesarean section in Norway: An application of spatio-temporal Gaussian random fields
Author(s) -
Janne Mannseth,
Geir Drage Berentsen,
Hans J. Skaug,
Rolv Terje Lie,
Dag Moster
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.953
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1651-1905
pISSN - 1403-4948
DOI - 10.1177/14034948211008579
Subject(s) - caesarean section , regional variation , demography , population , variation (astronomy) , geography , medicine , environmental health , pregnancy , business , genetics , physics , sociology , advertising , astrophysics , biology
Caesarean section (CS) is a medical intervention performed in Norway when a surgical delivery is considered more beneficial than a vaginal. Because deliveries with higher risk are centralized to larger hospitals, use of CS varies considerably between hospitals. We describe how the use of CS varies geographically by municipality. Since indications for CS should have little variation across the relatively homogenous population of Norway, we expect fair use of CS to be evenly distributed across the municipalities.