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Saturday, November 02, 2002AXA PPP Healthcare says the rise in "lifestyle" Caesareans means it can no longer tell which claims are genuine and which are not. The ruling will affect thousands of women, and patients who have already booked into private hospitals facing a 7,000 pound bill. The number of births by Caesarean section has doubled in the past 20 years and about one in five pregnant women chooses to have her baby that way. In some private hospitals the figure is nearly one in two. In England, women can book caesarean sections in advance at some hospitals. It's a trend that seems to have gotten out of hand there. A fifty percent C-section rate would be considered scandalous here in the states, although our rates are increasing, too. It's ironic that this is being driven by patient choice, since the anti-caesarean section movement in the 1970's was driven by women's health advocacy groups who looked on them as procedures of convenience for (male) doctors. Turns out that given the choice, a lot of women prefer them for convenience, too. (Although I would argue that in the long run they're not as convenient as a vaginal birth. They have a longer recovery time - weeks instead of days.) posted by Sydney on 11/02/2002 07:51:00 AM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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