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Table 3 Adjusted OR of CS and adjust OR of more than 3 ultrasound scans and 95% CI

From: Public and private pregnancy care in Reggio Emilia Province: an observational study on appropriateness of care and delivery outcomes

 A

Caesarean section (N = 5,957)

Ultrasound scan (N = 5,787)

 

N women

N

OR*

95% CI

N women

N

OR**

95% CI

Model of care

        

Public

2,369

642

1 (Ref.)

 

2,259

1,179

1 (Ref.)

 

Private

3,043

967

1.10

(0.93 - 1.29)

3,024

2,726

5.11

(4.30 – 6.08)

Not classifiable

545

192

1.30

(1.04 - 1.61)

517

377

1.94

(1.55 - 2.42)

 B

Caesarean section (N = 3,383)

Ultrasound scan (N = 3,144) §

 

N women

N

OR*

95% CI

N women

N

OR**

95% CI

Model of care

        

Public

695

169

1 (Ref.)

 

632

382

1 (Ref.)

 

Private

2403

697

1.16

(0.93 - 1.44)

2260

2056

5.92

(4.73 - 7.41)

Not classifiable

285

86

1.28

(0.93 - 1.78)

259

207

2.52

(1.77 - 3.58)

  1. *Adjusted for maternal characteristics: educational level, maternal age, parity, hospital, gestational age and, only in model A, course of pregnancy, hospitalization during pregnancy and citizenship.
  2. **Adjusted for maternal characteristics: educational level, maternal age, parity, gestational age, and, only in model A, course of pregnancy, hospitalization during pregnancy and citizenship.
  3. §Only women with the first check up before the 12° week of gestation were considered.
  4. A: all women included; B: only physiological pregnancies, Italian women and women without hospitalizations during pregnancy.
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