India's private hospitals saw 900k unnecessary C-sections in a year: Study

02/12/2018

India's private hospitals saw 900k unnecessary C-sections in a year: Study

Business Standard

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There were as many as 900,000 "preventable" unplanned Caesarean section (C-section) deliveries out of 7 million in private hospitals in India in one year, driven mainly by "financial incentives," says a study by Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad. 

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