Journal article
The costs of planned cesarean versus planned vaginal birth in the Term Breech Trial
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The Term Breech Trial compared the safety of planned cesarean and planned vaginal birth for breech presentations at term. The combined outcome of perinatal or neonatal death and serious neonatal morbidity was found to be significantly lower among babies delivered by planned cesarean section. In this study we conducted a cost analysis of the 2 approaches to breech presentations at delivery.
METHODS: We used a third-party-payer (i.e., …
Authors
Palencia R; Gafni A; Hannah ME; Ross S; Willan AR; Hewson S; McKay D; Hannah W; Whyte H; Amankwah K
Journal
Canadian Medical Association Journal, Vol. 174, No. 8, pp. 1109–1113
Publisher
Joule
Publication Date
April 11, 2006
DOI
10.1503/cmaj.050796
ISSN
0820-3946