Re: [ozmidwifery] questions regarding cs states.

[Lynne Staff]

Hi Jo - you could write to ACHS (Australian Health Care Standard) and aske them for some stats - they collect data from accredited hospitals for "obstetric Clinical Indicators" and have state perecentages. This may help. You will never get private hospital figues, unless you do as Marsden Wagner does and has spies! Tightly guarded information, but hopefully not for long. Regards, Lynne  ----- Original Message ----- From: Jo & Dean Bainbridge To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 10:59 PM Subject: [ozmidwifery] questions regarding cs states. I have someone who is after some cs and vbac stats for the Nation...I have really only got access to SA's and so would be really appreciative if someone could lend a hand. the required info is listed below....the bits in blue are the bits she needs help on.   Australia�s Caesarean rate is now the x highest in the world.   Save $x per Australian And by avoiding approximately x000 caesareans at an average cost of $�, this also means huge cost savings for the taxpayer � ($xx for every Australian) health dollars that could be much better spent. The Caesarean rate in Australia has soared over the last x years and now stands at 21.1% of births nationally (1998), and up to xx% in some private hospitals  compared to xx% in comparable countries like New Zealand   In Netherlands the caesarean rate has risen only x% in y years, - eg in 1995 it was 9.2%* In Australia the private hospital Caesar rate now tops 50%. . Public x% and private x%.   Natural birth alternatives are shrinking unnecessarily in Australia. For example, in Australia the homebirth rate was 0.3% in xx year, in the same year the homebirth rate in The Netherlands was yy%.   Society/Cost A caesarean costs nearly twice as much as a vaginal birth (??) Impacts on society of PND  - statistics?   vbac rates in vic? Thanks for your help. cheers Jo Bainbridge founding member CARES SA www.cares-sa.org.au [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: 08 8388 6918 birth with trust, faith & love...