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INDICATOR NAME
Name
Caesarean section deliveries
Alternate Name
Percentage of deliveries by delivery type
 
INDICATOR DESCRIPTION
Description

This indicator measures the proportion of deliveries among women who gave birth in Ontario hospitals by delivery type:

  • Caesarean section
  • Vaginal delivery
HQO Reporting tool/product
Public reporting
Dimension
Effective, Safe
Type
Process
 
DEFINITION AND SOURCE INFORMATION
Unit of Measurement
Percentage
Calculation Methods
The percentage is calculated as: numerator divided by the denominator times 100
Numerator (short description i.e. not inclusions/exclusions)

Number of cases within denominator resulting in:

  • caesarean section
  • vaginal delivery
Denominator (short description i.e. not inclusions/exclusions)
Total number of women who delivered in Ontario hospitals (includes live and stillbirths)
Adjustment (risk, age/sex standardization)- generalized
None
Data Source
BORN Information System (BIS)
Data provided to HQO by
Ontario Better Outcomes Registry & Network (BORN)
Reported Levels of comparability /stratifications (defined)
Region, Time
 
OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION
Caveats and Limitations
Data can only be reported for hospitals who submit and acknowledge their own data. Data from FY2012/13 onwards extracted from the BORN Information System (BIS)
Comments Summary
Maternal neighbourhood income quintile was assigned based on a mother's postal code.
 
TAGS
Sector
Acute Care/Hospital
Type
Process
Topic
Maternal and Child Health
Dimension
Effective, Safe
Source
BORN Information System (BIS)
 
PUBLISH
Publish Datetime
20/11/2018 15:42:00