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...four doctors called on the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to suspend efforts to reduce the percentage of caesarean births until the medical community can further monitor and evaluate the births...
...DHHS set an objective of decreasing the percentage of caesarean deliveries to 15 percent by 2000 after it hit a peak of 25 percent. Currently, about 21 percent of births are casearean deliveries...
...previous sentiment in the country is the lower the caesarean section rate, the better the quality of care and the lower the cost," Sachs said...
...reduce the number of caesarean deliveries, hospitals often increase the number of vaginal deliveries among women who have already had one or more caesarean sections-a process known as a trial of labor. Thirty-five percent of all caesareans are performed on patients who have previously had at least one caesarean delivery...
...article reports that, although "uncontrolled" studies have shown vaginal delivery after a caesarean section to be safer for the mother and baby, the evidence has not been confirmed by randomized trials...