Implementing Interventions Aimed at Reducing Rates of Cesarean Birth

Increased incidence of both nulliparous, term, singleton, vertex and overall cesarean birth rates has warranted close monitoring and scrutiny by various health care associations and by individual obstetric facilities and providers of obstetric care. Concerted efforts to reduce rates of nonmedically indicated cesarean birth have resulted in the development and implementation of comprehensive action plans aimed at effecting reductions and enhancing overall obstetric quality care. Here we describe how a multidisciplinary team at our hospital developed and implemented interventions aimed at reducing rates of cesarean birth.