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----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Search for 15%
caesarian rates
Mareeba in FNQ has a CS rate of about 13% - 15%.
Small unit, 200 births a year. Midwife led. High risk women go to Cairns.
Sandra, Jackie, Megan and others are working on Midwifery referral guidelines
as we are down to 3 doctors after our very OB competent Med Super left. Can't
get a replacement.
Does anyone on the list know of a maternity unit
in Australia that has a caesarian rate as low as 15% (top end of the WHO
recommendations) or are all of them up over 20/25% now.
And if so, what are you doing there to keep
the numbers down??
Just curious.....
Helen Cahill
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