RT Journal
A1 Kuehn BM
T1 STudy probes increase in cesarean rate
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2010
FD October 20
VO 304
IS 15
SP 1658
OP 1658
DO 10.1001/jama.2010.1423
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2010.1423
AB 
To assess contemporary labor and delivery practices, the retrospective study, conducted by 12 institutions participating in the Consortium on Safe Labor, examined electronic medical records associated with 228 668 births between 2002 and 2008 at 19 hospitals around the 
country (Zhang J et al. Am J Obstet Gynecol. doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2010.06.058 [published ahead of print August 30, 2010]). The effort, funded by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), may help shed some light on why nearly one-third of all US births involve a cesarean delivery.