Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-4-2020

Publication Title

Nursing Open

Publisher

Wiley Online Library

First page number:

1

Last page number:

7

Abstract

Aim: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the variation in caesarean delivery rates across counties in Georgia and to determine whether county-level characteristics were associated with clusters. Design: This was a retrospective, observational study.

Methods: Rates of primary and repeat caesarean by maternal county of residence were calculated for 2008 through 2012. Global Moran's I (Spatial Autocorrelation) was used to identify geographic clustering. Characteristics of high and low-rate counties were compared using student's t test and chi squared test.

Results: Spatial analysis of both primary and repeat caesarean rate identified the presence of clusters (Moran's I = 0.375; p < .001). Counties in high-rate clusters had significantly lower access to midwives, more deliveries paid by Medicaid, higher proportion of births for women belonging to racial/ethnic minority groups and were more likely to be rural.

Keywords

Caesarean section; Maternal health services; Nurses; Nursing; Spatial analysis

Disciplines

Nursing

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pdf

File Size

391 KB

Language

English

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