Cesarean Section Delivery

Utilization indicators examine procedures whose use varies significantly across hospitals and for which questions have been raised about overuse, underuse, or misuse. This measure is used to assess the number of hospital-level Cesarean deliveries per 100 deliveries. (IQI 21)

--Author: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Reporting time period: 07/01/2012 - 06/30/2013 (Q312 - Q213)