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The Influence of Obstetric Workload on Cesarean Section Rate
Author(s) -
Chung Tony K.H.,
Haines Christopher J.,
Rogers Michael S.,
Chang Allan M.Z.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
asia‐oceania journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.597
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1447-0756
pISSN - 0389-2328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1447-0756.1994.tb00473.x
Subject(s) - workload , section (typography) , medicine , obstetrics , elective cesarean section , pregnancy , computer science , biology , genetics , operating system
The cesarean section rate in a busy obstetric unit was studied in relation to the monthly confinement rate. A total of 30,825 births over a period of 5 years were analyzed. There was a negative correlation between the emergency cesarean section rate and the unit workload (correlation = — .498, 2 tailed p = 0.0001) whilst there was no relationship between workload and the elective cesarean section rate. This suggested that the unit may reach a certain saturation level as far as the emergency cases were concerned during the busy periods. However, there was no evidence that the perinatal outcome was affected by this variation in emergency cesarean section rate.