2005 survey done by the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, Healthcare Quality & Analysis Division.

Please note that this survey does NOT take into account the c-sections for abnormal presentation, preterm birth, fetal death, multiple gestations, and breech procedure, which will also add to the total.  (These types of c-sections usually account for about 10 % of all births.)

The women reported in this study are normal, low risk women with no obvious reason for c-section.

Rate Explanations :

Cesarean Delivery Rate
Number of Cesarean Section Deliveries per 100 Deliveries (excludes abnormal presentation, preterm birth, fetal death, multiple gestations, and breech procedure). Cesarean delivery may be overused in some facilities, so lower rates may represent better care.

Cesarean Delivery Rate - Primary
Number of Cesarean Deliveries per 100 deliveries among women who have not previously had a Cesarean section (excludes abnormal presentation, preterm, fetal death, multiple gestation, and breech procedures). Cesarean delivery may be overused in some facilities, so lower rates may represent better care.

Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) Rate
Number of vaginal births per 100 women with a previous Cesarean delivery. VBAC may be underused in some facilities,so higher rates may represent better care, though this rate includes some women who were probably not good candidates for vaginal birth.

Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) Rate, Uncomplicated
Number of vaginal births per 100 women with a previous Cesarean delivery (excludes abnormal presentation, preterm birth, fetal death, multiple gestation, and breech procedures). VBAC may be underused in some facilities, so higher rates may represent better care.

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy
Number of Cholecystectomies (surgical removal of gall bladder) performed with use of Laparoscope per 100 cholecystectomies. Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy is a new technology with lower risks than open cholecystectomy. Higher rates may represent better care.

Revision Date: October 02, 2007

Please click HERE to view the survey (in PDF) and rate YOUR hospital.

Here is a link to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development.  

http://www.oshpd.ca.gov/Charts/VolUtil/index.htm