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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What about the statistics here? https://www.leapfroggroup.org/hospitals/search/list/location/Washington%2C%20DC%2020008%2C%20USA/15

Inova Fairfax and Sibley don’t seem better than GW or Georgetown. Is it patient selection? More high risk cases going to the former and increasing the c-section rates?[/quote]

Do you really think a C section rate is the only marker of a quality hospital? How about how many moms and babies they’ve lost? Their patient satisfaction scores? Their CAUTI rate? Their infection rate? How often women return to the hospital for future deliveries? Their postpartum
Hemorrhage protocols? How many near misses they have? Etc. etc. Way too many variables at work to boil it down to one measly KPI that can be largely influenced by patient demographics and the level of care the hospital offers (ie like for instance rural community hospitals Will likely have low section rates because all their complex patients get transferred to larger hospitals with more support and resources to handle the needs of those patients, hence their C-section rates will be logically higher). Leapfrog also acts like a C section is the worst thing that can happen to a mom. Except it’s not. Infant death, brain damage or cerebral palsy resulting  from oxygen deprivation (who can be caused by NOT doing a timely C section), maternal deaths, etc. are far worse outcomes. Don’t be skewed by people with a natural birth agenda trying to convince you that the only thing that matters is which way the baby comes out because it is just not. [/quote]

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