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Comparison between public and private sectors of care and disparities in adverse neonatal outcomes following emergency intrapartum cesarean at term – A retrospective cohort study

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  • Woonji Jang
  • Christopher Flatley
  • Ristan M Greer
  • Sailesh Kumar

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Background: Perinatal outcomes may be influenced by a variety of factors including maternal demographics and medical condition as well as socio-economic status. The evidence for disparities in health outcomes stratified by type of care (public or private) is lacking. The aim of this study was to investigate short term neonatal outcomes following category 1 and 2 emergency cesareans at term between publicly and privately funded women at a single major tertiary centre in Australia. Category 1—immediate threat to life (maternal or fetal); Category 2—maternal or fetal compromise that is not immediately life-threatening. Methods: This was a retrospective, cross sectional study of 61355 term singleton babies born at the Mater Mother’s Hospital in Brisbane, Australia in 2007–2014. We collected data from the hospital’s maternity database and compared maternal demographics, indications for cesarean and neonatal outcomes for publicly and privately funded women. Results: Over the study period there were 32477 public and 28878 private, term singleton births. Compared to the publicly funded cohort, privately insured women were older, had lower BMI, were of Caucasian ethnicity, Australian born, nulliparous, had shorter labors and had lower rates of hypertensive disorders and diabetes. The most common indications for category 1 and category 2 cesareans in combination were non-reassuring fetal status followed by failure to progress in labor and malpresentation. For both category 1 and 2 cesareans, neonatal outcomes (Apgar score

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  • Woonji Jang & Christopher Flatley & Ristan M Greer & Sailesh Kumar, 2017. "Comparison between public and private sectors of care and disparities in adverse neonatal outcomes following emergency intrapartum cesarean at term – A retrospective cohort study," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(11), pages 1-12, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0187040
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0187040
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