2019
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210753
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Length of stay following cesarean sections: A population based study in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region (North-Eastern Italy), 2005-2015

Abstract: Background Births by cesarean section (CS) usually require longer recovery time, and as a result women remain hospitalized longer following CS than vaginal delivery (VD). A number of strategies have been proposed to reduce avoidable health care costs associated with childbirth. Among these, the containment of length of hospital stay (LoS) has been identified as an important quality indicator of obstetric care and performance efficiency of maternity centres. Since improvement of obstetric care at h… Show more

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“…Strengths of this study have been reported elsewhere 13,14,44 . There are, however also some limitations.…”
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“…Strengths of this study have been reported elsewhere 13,14,44 . There are, however also some limitations.…”
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“…CS should therefore be performed only if clinically indicated, especially considering also the associated enhanced health care costs as compared to a vaginal delivery (VD) 1,[13][14][15][16] . In Ireland it was estimated that a planned CS costs 739 € more than a VD, and an urgent/emergency CS (UCS) is 1,180€ more expensive than a VD 16 .…”
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“…Data from the 12 maternity services of FVG during calendar years 2005-2015 were extracted from the Regional Repository, a database anonymously storing administrative information from the Italian National Health Service (NHS). The database we analyzed included information from two sources: hospital discharge forms (ICD-9 codes) and the Certificate of Delivery Care (CEDAP, Italian acronym), a formatted questionnaire recording extensive (clinical and personal) data on new mothers and their babies 6,7,20,21 .…”
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“…Nevertheless, ED of mothers and newborn has in fact increased dramatically in several high-income countries over the past 10-15 years. However, the evidence on the impact of ED on healthy mothers and term newborns (≥37 weeks) after a vaginal delivery (VD) is still inconclusive and little is known of the characteristics of those discharged early [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13] .…”
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