“…Because concerns about uterine rupture emerging after 1996 could affect candidate selection for TOL and perhaps improve VBAC rates, studies were grouped by the years when the data were collected: completed before 1996, included 1996, and started after 1996. The TOL rate was 62% (95% CI [57, 66]) among nine U.S. studies completed before 1996 (Fisler, Cohen, Ringer, & Lieberman, ; Flamm, Goings, Liu, & Wolde‐Tsadik, ; Gregory, Korst, Cane, Platt, & Kahn, ; Hook, Kiwi, Amini, Fanaroff, & Hack, ; Hueston & Rudy, ; Phelan, Clark, Diaz, & Paul, ; Pickhardt et al., ; Stovall, Shayer, Solomon, & Anderson, ; Troyer & Parisi, ), 63% (95% CI [58, 67]) for U.S. studies that included 1996 (DeFranco et al., ; Durnwald & Mercer, ; Loebel, Zelop, Egan, & Wax, ; Macones et al., ; Socol & Peaceman, ), and 44% (95% CI [34, to 53] for U.S. studies initiated after 1996 (DiMaio, Edwards, Euliano, Treloar, & Cruz, ; Gregory et al., ; Landon et al., ). The TOL was significantly lower than the rate prior to 1996 ( p = .016) or that included 1996 ( p = .019) (Figure ).…”