When deciding on where to deliver your baby, it is good to know your provider’s/hospital’s C-Section rate. But, where do you get this information?
2007 Report on First Time Cesareans and Rate of VBACs from the Utah Department of Health
Hospitals With C-Section Rates Over 10%:
- Allen Memorial
- Ashley Valley
- Beaver Valley
- Central Valley
- Cottonwood
- Davis
- Gunnison Valley
- Heber Valley
- Intermountain Medical Care
- Kane County
- McKay-Dee
- Ogden Regional
- Pioneer Valley
- San Juan
- Sanpete Valley
- St. Mark’s
- Uintah Basin
- University Health Care
This report also contains information on hospital injuries and charges.
Here is a report of C-Sections Rates in Utah 1992-1997
If you are going with a provider that does not deliver in hospitals (ie, a birth center or homebirth service), be sure to ask your midwife what percentage of clients end up with a Cesarean as well. Usually, that number is well below any hospital rate.
Time Magazine recently ran an interesting article on risks associated with repeat Cesareans.