Shifting Patterns in Cesarean Delivery Scheduling and Timing in Oregon before and after a Statewide Hard Stop Policy.

Ifeoma MuotoBlair G DarneyBernard LauYvonne W ChengMark W TomlinsonDuncan R NeilsonSteven A FriedmanJoanne RogovoyAaron B CaugheyJonathan M Snowden

Published in: Health services research (2017)

Oregon's hard stop policy limiting elective early-term cesarean delivery was associated with lower odds of cesarean delivery in the category of women who were targeted by the policy; more research is needed on impact of such policies on neonatal outcomes.

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