Table 5 Comparison of the CS indications by hospital peer-group in Iran, 21 March 2019–21 March 2021
From: Cesarean delivery in Iran: a population-based analysis using the Robson classification system
Indication | Public | Private | Other Hospitals | OR (CI, 95%) Public VS Other Hospitals | OR (CI, 95%) Private VS Other Hospitals | OR (CI, 95%) Public VS Private |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||||
Repeated CS | 308,701 (55.6) | 162,615 (44.1) | 163,522 (59.5) | 0.85 (0.84, 0.86) | 0.53 (0.53, 0.54) | 1.58 (1.57, 1.60) |
Fetal Distress | 95,218 (17.1) | 34,713 (9.4) | 32,935 (12) | 1.52 (1.50, 1.54) | 0.76 (0.75, 0.77) | 1.99 (1.96, 2.01) |
Dystocia | 22,063 (4) | 14,869 (4) | 12,555 (4.6) | 0.86 (0.84, 0.88) | 0.87 (0.85, 0.89) | 0.98 (0.96, 1.00) |
Placenta and Cord Conditions | 11,703 (2.1) | 7311 (2) | 3540 (1.3) | 1.65 (1.58, 1.71) | 1.55 (1.48, 1.61) | 1.06 (1.03, 1.09) |
Multiple Pregnancy | 12,430 (2.2) | 5750 (1.6) | 3963 (1.4) | 1.75 (1.68, 1.82) | 1.21 (1.16, 1.26) | 1.44 (1.40, 1.49) |
Malpresentation | 38,353 (6.9) | 16,425 (4.5) | 14,078 (5.1) | 1.37 (1.34, 1.40) | 0.86 (0.84, 0.88) | 1.59 (1.56, 1.62) |
Maternal Request | 4153 (0.7) | 53,494 (14.5) | 19,847 (7.2) | 0.097 (0.094, 0.100) | 2.18 (2.14, 2.21) | 0.044 (0.043, 0.046) |
Undefined Indications | 62,692 (11.3) | 73,658 (20) | 24,503 (8.9) | 1.30 (1.28, 1.32) | 2.55 (2.51, 2.59) | 0.51 (0.50, 0.51) |
P value | < 0.001 | |||||