Article

Rising rates of Caesarean sections: an audit of Caesarean sections in a specialist private practice

Published in: South African Family Practice
Volume 51 , issue 3 , 2009 , pages: 254–258

DOI: 10.1080/20786204.2009.10873857

Author(s): N Naidoo Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, , J Moodley Women's Health and HIV Research Group,

Keywords: Caesarean section rates , private health sector

Abstract

Background: Caesarean section (CS) rates are increasing worldwide; rates in the private sector in South Africa are reported to be particularly high. To the best of our knowledge there has been no recent audit of Caesarean sections performed by the private health sector in KwaZulu-Natal. The aim of this study was to carry out an audit of CS in a private practice.

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