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Florida Health Finder used to list all Florida
hospitals’ c-section rates. The information was provided
on a spreadsheet and it was very clear and easy. This information
is still available; however, there website has changed so
it’s not so easy to find. (I have my own theories on
why this is.)
To find the c-section rate of a hospital in
Florida, first follow this link:
http://www.floridahealthfinder.gov/CompareCare/SelectChoice.aspx
Under Step 1, select Hospitals
–Inpatient Care, then click Continue
Under Step 2, select Hospital
Performance, Health Outcome and Pricing Information,
then click Continue
Under Step 3, select Search
by medical condition/procedure, and then click
Continue.
You will then be directed to a new screen.
Under Step 1, select Deliveries
(all ages) and Newborns.
Select Cesarean
Section Delivery (All Ages), then View Results.
This will list the number of cesarean sections
of all the hospitals in Florida. Find the hospital you are
looking for and write the number of Total Hospitalizations
down. This is the number of cesareans performed.
Next, click the back button on your browser.
Now select Vaginal
Delivery (All Ages), then View Results.
Again, find the hospital you are looking for
and write the number down under Total Hospitalizations. This
is number of vaginal deliveries.
Now add your two numbers together to get the
total number of deliveries, vaginal and cesarean. Take the
number of cesarean deliveries, divide it by your total number
and then multiply it by 100. This gives you the cesarean rate
for this particular hospital.
For example, if the hospital you are looking
at had 645 cesareans, and 6374 vaginal births:
645 + 6374 = 7019
645 / 7019 = 0.0919
0.0919 X 100 = 9.19
This facility had a c-section rate of 9.19%
for the time period listed.
Usually cesarean section rates for a year are
available by May the following year. To make it easier, I
have calculated some of the local hospital’s cesarean
section rates for 2009:
| 43.6% |
St. Joseph’s Woman’s
Hospital |
Hillsborough |
3,014 of 6,913 |
| 42.9% |
Brandon Regional Hospital |
Hillsborough |
1,434 of 3,341 |
| 41.8% |
University Community Hospital |
Hillsborough |
1,004 of 2,400 |
| 41.0% |
Bayfront Medical Center |
Pinellas |
1,268 of 3,093 |
| 40.3% |
Mease Countryside Hospital |
Pinellas |
709 of 1,761 |
| 31.8% |
Tampa General Hospital |
Hillsborough |
1,601 of 5,040 |
| 30.8% |
Morton Plant Hospital |
Pinellas |
924 of 2,999 |
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