Do provider birth attitudes influence cesarean delivery rate: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Demographic and Practice Characteristics of Responders and Non-responders

	Responders (n)	Percent	Non-Responders (n)	Percent	p-value
N	209		191
Discipline					0.35 ^a
MFM	22	10.5	19	9.9
OB	101	48.3	120	62.8
Family Medicine	53	25.4	46	24.1
CNM	16	7.7	3	2.1
LM	17	8.1	3	1.6
Gender					0.29 ^a
Female	132	63.2	102	53.4
Male	77	36.8	89	46.6
Experience					0.49
< 5 years	35	18.3	28	13.9
5–15 years	58	30.4	70	34.7
16–25 years	46	24.1	43	21.3
> 25 years	52	27.2	61	30.2
Hospital NICU Level					0.64
Basic Nursery	50	23.9	57	29.8
Community Nursery	82	39.2	73	38.2
Intermediate Nursery	36	17.2	33	17.3
Regional Nursery	20	9.6	25	13.1
Continuous Variables	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	p-value
Hospital Birth Volume^b	5203.9	3835.9	2666.8	2012.8	< 0.0001
Hospital NTSV CS Rate^b	25.30	4.80	26.80	6.10	< 0.01

Abbreviations: MFM maternal fetal medicine, OB obstetricians, Family Medicine family medicine physicians, CNM certified nurse midwives, LM licensed midwives, NICU neonatal intensive care unit, NTSV CS nulliparous, term, singleton, vertex cesarean section
^aP-value includes physicians only. Midwives were all female except for one participant and had exceptionally high response rate
^bCalculated for provider’s primary delivering hospital site

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