@article {Christopher Glantz:2003:0730-7659:168,
title = "Labor Induction Rate Variation in Upstate New York: What Is the Difference?",
journal = "Birth",
parent_itemid = "infobike://bsc/bir",
publishercode ="bp",
year = "2003",
volume = "30",
number = "3",
publication date ="2003-09-01T00:00:00",
pages = "168-174",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "0730-7659",
eissn = "1523-536X",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/bsc/bir/2003/00000030/00000003/art00004",
doi = "doi:10.1046/j.1523-536X.2003.00241.x",
author = "Christopher Glantz, J.",
abstract = "Abstract: Background: Labor induction rates in the United States rose from 9.0 percent in 1989 to 20.5 percent in 2001, but reasons for the increase are poorly defined. A birth database from a region of upstate New York, including 31,352 deliveries from 1998 through 1999, was used to determine the degree of variation of labor induction rates among hospitals and practitioners. Methods: Total and elective labor induction rates were calculated for 16 hospitals and individual staff, and then evaluated using chi-square testing and regression. Results: Using all laboring women as the denominator, the regional labor induction rate was 20.8 percent; of these inductions, 25 percent had no apparent medical indication. Total induction rates and percent of elective inductions that were elective varied significantly among hospitals (10%39% and 12%55%, respectively, pLabor induction rates are highly variable among and within hospitals. Delivery volume, population risk status, and differences in cesarean section rates did not explain this variation. (BIRTH 30:3 September 2003)",
}