Childbirth Education Class and Birth Plans Are Associated with a Vaginal Delivery.

Yalda AfsharErica T WangJenny MeiTania F EsakoffMargareta D PisarskaKimberly D Gregory

Published in: Birth (Berkeley, Calif.) (2016)

Attending CBE class and/or having a birth plan were associated with a vaginal delivery. These findings suggest that patient education and birth preparation may influence the mode of delivery. CBE and birth plans could be used as quality improvement tools to potentially decrease cesarean rates.

Keyphrases

quality improvement
gestational age
healthcare
health insurance
patient safety
preterm birth
mass spectrometry
molecularly imprinted