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From: Making the cut on caesarean section: a logistic regression analysis on factors favouring caesarean sections without medical indication in comparison to spontaneous vaginal birth

Fig. 1

Selection process of non-medically indicated CS based on a defined set of evaluation criteria

Legend: CS Caesarean section, ICD-10-GM International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10. Revision, German Modification

Annotation: The boxes represent the individual stages of how we identify non-medically indicated CS. The figure starts at the top while getting more granular from going top left to bottom right. At each box, two arrows are allocated which either affirm or deny the corresponding question. The second question about whether a CS was classified as O01F (2014–2016), O01G (2017), or O01G (2018) uses the classification of Swiss DRG (diagnose-related groups) of the corresponding year. The third question considers the diagnoses of the ICD-10-GM. The last question is about planned and emergency CS. The CHOP (Swiss operation classification) catalogue distinguishes between these two types of CS. Coloured boxes represent the path on how to get to the total number of CS without medical indication

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