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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
30% -- about average for this area.
http://www.vhi.org/ob_report_results_phys.asp[/quote]

What a great site!  I never even knew about that.  Thanks for posting.[/quote]

I'm not sure how great the site is.  Unless I'm reading the methodology explanation incorrectly, these statistics are all based on procedures from 2006.  That's a pretty narrow snapshot taken nearly a half decade ago.  Given laws of averages, I wouldn't want to set too much store by this report.  A doc with a remarkably low c-section rate in 2006 may have just had a run of uncomplicated pregnancies, while a doc with a seemingly high level might actually be more in line with national averages if you looked at data over 5 years or 10.

I don't know Dr. Lashgari, so I can't say one way or the other where she falls.  I just wanted to point that I think the narrow temporal focus and stale data on which this site relies may not offer particularly meaningful insights into the management and care of these physicians.[/quote]

I'd venture to suggest that anecdotal evidence on an anonymous forum is an even worse source of data.[/quote]

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