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Pregnant women with private health care are twice as likely to have a scheduled caesarean birth, according to a new study.
A study of more than 30,000 women who gave birth at an Irish hospital found that private patients were more likely to have a C-section or a surgical delivery with vacuum or forceps than those whose treatment was publicly funded.
Although women with private health care are generally older, and therefore at higher risk of complications in childbirth, the disparity between the two groups was not fully explained by differences in their medical condition, researchers said.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/w...Caesareans-higher-among-private-patients.html
A study of more than 30,000 women who gave birth at an Irish hospital found that private patients were more likely to have a C-section or a surgical delivery with vacuum or forceps than those whose treatment was publicly funded.
Although women with private health care are generally older, and therefore at higher risk of complications in childbirth, the disparity between the two groups was not fully explained by differences in their medical condition, researchers said.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/w...Caesareans-higher-among-private-patients.html