TY  - BOOK
AU  - Robinson,Sarah
AU  - Royer,Heather
AU  - Silver,David
ED  - National Bureau of Economic Research.
TI  - Geographic Variation in Cesarean Sections in the United States: Trends, Correlates, and Other Interesting Facts 
T2  - NBER working paper series
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - National Bureau of Economic Research
KW  - Health
KW  - jelc
N1  - November 2023; Hardcopy version available to institutional subscribers
N2  - Analyzing data spanning three decades covering the near universe of births, we study county-level differences in Cesarean section (C-section) rates among first-time mothers of singleton births. Our research reveals persistent geographic variation in C- section rates for both low- and high-risk groups. Counties with elevated C-section rates consistently perform more C-sections across mothers at all levels of appropriateness for the procedure. These elevated rates of C-section in high C-section counties are associated with reduced maternal and infant morbidity. We also find that C-section decisions are less responsive to underlying risks for Black mothers relative to white mothers, suggesting potential welfare-reducing disparities
UR  - https://www.nber.org/papers/w31871
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w31871
ER  -