Comparing Cesarean Birth Utilization Between US Hospitals: A Demonstration of the Robson Ten-Group Classification System for Use in Quality Improvement and Benchmarking.
Denise Colter SmithJulia C PhillippiEllen L TildenNancy K LoweNicole S CarlsonJeremy L NealRachel Blankstein BremanPublished in: The Journal of perinatal & neonatal nursing (2023)
The TGCS provides a method for between-hospital comparisons, particularly for revealing usage patterns of labor induction, TOLAC, and cesarean birth. Adoption of the TGCS in the United States would provide organizations and quality improvement leaders with an effective benchmarking tool to assist in reducing the use of cesarean birth and increasing the support of TOLAC.