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Altimier L, Straub S, Narendran V. Improving outcomes by reducing elective deliveries before 39 weeks of gestation: a community hospital's journey. Newborn & Infant Nursing Reviews. 2011;11(2):50-55. doi:10.1053/j.nainr.2011.04.011

Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1527336911000559

NPM: 2: Low-Risk Cesarean Deliveries
Intervention Components (click on component to see a list of all articles that use that intervention): HOSPITAL, Chart Audit and Feedback, Guideline Change and Implementation, Organizational Changes, Peer Review, Quality Improvement

Intervention Results:

• Rate of CS among electively induced women at the level II hospital decreased from 37.4% (2005) to 31.5% (2006) to 25% (2007)
  • From 2005 to 2006, one year after hospital review was launched, there was a 5.9% decrease in CS (p<0.05)2
  • From 2006 to 2007, two years after hospital review was launched and supplemental changes to elective induction policies and practices were made, there was a 6.5% decrease in CS (p<0.05)2

Iglesias S., Burn R, Saunders LD. Reducing the cesarean section rate in a rural community hospital. CMAJ. 1991;145(11):1459-1464.

Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1336036/

NPM: 2: Low-Risk Cesarean Deliveries
Intervention Components (click on component to see a list of all articles that use that intervention): HOSPITAL, Guideline Change and Implementation, Organizational Changes, Quality Improvement, POPULATION-BASED SYSTEMS, NATIONAL, Policy/Guideline (National)

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Le Ray C, Carayol M, Breart G, Goffinet F. Elective induction of labor: failure to follow guidelines and risk of cesarean delivery. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2007;86(6):657-665. doi:10.1080/00016340701245427

Link: https://obgyn.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1080/00016340701245427

NPM: 2: Low-Risk Cesarean Deliveries
Intervention Components (click on component to see a list of all articles that use that intervention): HOSPITAL, Elective Induction Policy, Guideline Change and Implementation, Quality Improvement, POPULATION-BASED SYSTEMS, NATIONAL, Policy/Guideline (National)

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Mousa HA, Mahmood TA. Do practice guidelines guide practice? A prospective audit of induction of labor three years experience. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2000;79(12):1086-1092.

Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11130093

NPM: 2: Low-Risk Cesarean Deliveries
Intervention Components (click on component to see a list of all articles that use that intervention): HOSPITAL, Chart Audit and Feedback, Elective Induction Policy, Guideline Change and Implementation

Intervention Results:

Robson MS, Scudamore IW, Walsh SM. Using the medical audit cycle to reduce cesarean section rates. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1996;174(1 Pt 1):199-205.

Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8572006

NPM: 2: Low-Risk Cesarean Deliveries
Intervention Components (click on component to see a list of all articles that use that intervention): HOSPITAL, Chart Audit and Feedback, Guideline Change and Implementation, Organizational Changes, Quality Improvement

Intervention Results:

Wilson-Leedy JG, DiSilvestro AJ, Repke JT, Pauli JM. Reduction in the cesarean delivery rate after obstetric care consensus guideline implementation. Obstet Gynecol. 2016;128(1):145-152. doi:10.1097/aog.0000000000001488

Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27275806

NPM: 2: Low-Risk Cesarean Deliveries
Intervention Components (click on component to see a list of all articles that use that intervention): Guideline Change and Implementation, HOSPITAL, POPULATION-BASED SYSTEMS, NATIONAL, Policy/Guideline (National)

Intervention Results:

Shoemaker, E. S., Bourgeault, I. L., Cameron, C., Graham, I. D., & Hutton, E. K. (2017). Results of implementation of a hospital‐based strategy to reduce cesarean delivery among low‐risk women in Canada. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 139(2), 239-244.

Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.12263

NPM: 2: Low-Risk Cesarean Deliveries
Intervention Components (click on component to see a list of all articles that use that intervention): HOSPITAL, Elective Induction Policy, Guideline Change and Implementation, Policy/Guideline (Hospital)

Intervention Results:

Haydar, A., Vial, Y., Baud, D., & Desseauve, D. (2017). Evolution of cesarean section rates according to Robson classification in a swiss maternity hospital. Revue Médicale Suisse, 13(580):1846-1851.

Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29071835

NPM: 2: Low-Risk Cesarean Deliveries
Intervention Components (click on component to see a list of all articles that use that intervention): HOSPITAL, Peer-Review of Provider Decisions, Elective Induction Policy, Guideline Change and Implementation

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