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High Rates of C-Section in Chile Do Not Reflect Patient Choice.(cesarean )
2001 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com) -- In Chile, the rate of cesarean sections in women with private health insurance is double that of those in the public sector, yet this does not reflect patients' choice, according to a study in the December 14, 2000, issue of the British Medical Journal.
Between 1995 and 1997, Susan Murray of University College London studied the day-to-day organization, norms, and relationships in private sector maternity care in Santiago, Chile, to examine the link between private health insurance - which has been promoted in Chile since the 1980s - and high rates of cesarean section.
Women with private obstetricians showed consistently higher rates of cesarean section than those cared for by midwives or doctors on duty in public or university hospitals. However, only a minority of women receiving private care reported that they had wanted this method of delivery.
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