American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 203, Issue 3 , Pages 269.e1-269.e3 , September 2010

Rates of labor induction without medical indication are overestimated when derived from birth certificate data

Presented as a poster at the 30th Annual Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Chicago, IL, Feb. 1-6, 2010.

Received 2 March 2010 ,Revised 26 April 2010 ,Accepted 6 July 2010.

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 Supported in part by Grant no. 1UOCMS030227/01 from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid services that are administered by the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

 Cite this article as: Bailit JL; for the Ohio Perinatal Quality Collaborative. Rates of labor induction without medical indication are overestimated when derived from birth certificate data. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2010;203:269.e1-3.

PII: S0002-9378(10)00860-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.07.004

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 203, Issue 3 , Pages 269.e1-269.e3 , September 2010

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