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The Oklahoma Health Care Authority has just published cesarean rates by hospital for SoonerCare births for July 2010 - September 2010. These rates are being collected as part of the Cesarean Section Quality Initiative. It is estimated that SoonerCare births represent over 60% of births in Oklahoma*.

 

Click Here for the 2008 Cesarean Rates by hospital for all births in Oklahoma.

 

Cesarean Rates of Sooner Care Patients at Metro OKC Hospitals
 
First Reporting Period
3 Months: 7/1/2010 - 9/30/2010
Second & Third Reporting Periods
2 Months: 1/1/2011 - 2/28/2011
Hospital
Primary C-Section Rate
Total C-Section Rate
Total Deliveries (Vag & C-Sec)
Primary C-Section Rate
Total C-Section Rate
Total Deliveries (Vag & C-Sec)
OU MEDICAL CENTER
14.3%
26.8%
813
20.8%
30.2%
456
ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL
15.9%
29.6%
233
19.5%
31.3%
144
DEACONESS HOSPITAL
17.7%
33.5%
224
18.4%
39.3%
109
INTEGRIS SOUTHWEST MEDICAL
19.4%
35.7%
213
18.8%
33.7%
139
NORMAN REGIONAL HOSPITAL
19.5%
33.5%
355
21.6%
32.3%
202
INTEGRIS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER
20.2%
35.7%
308
25.5%
37.3%
182
MIDWEST CITY REGIONAL HOSPITAL
20.6%
32.5%
126
12.0%
23.1%
64
LAKESIDE WOMENS CENTER
24.0%
32.1%
28
8.4%
20.9%
16
MERCY HEALTH CENTER
34.1%
47.9%
259
24.4%
39.8%
123

Source 9/30/2010 Rates: http://www.okhca.org/WorkArea/HospitalFinalReport9302010.pdf

Source 1/30/2011 Rates: http://www.okhca.org/WorkArea/HospitalFinalReport_01302011.pdf
Source 2/28/2011 Rates: http://www.okhca.org/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=12543

 

 

Cesarean Rates of Sooner Care Patients at Metro Tulsa Hospitals
 
First Reporting Period
3 Months: 7/1/2010 - 9/30/2010
 
Second & Third Reporting Periods
2 Months: 1/1/2011 - 2/28/2011
Hospital
Primary C-Section Rate
Total C-Section Rate
Total Deliveries (Vag & C-Sec)
Primary C-Section Rate
Total C-Section Rate
Total Deliveries (Vag & C-Sec)
OSU MEDICAL CENTER
9.4%
28.0%
161
15.0%
20.0%
80
SOUTHCREST HOSPITAL
16.0%
28.2%
373
18.0%
33.6%
188
HILLCREST MEDICAL CENTER
16.4%
29.6%
673
16.2%
27.3%
400
SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL
22.5%
36.1%
452
21.8%
32.6%
298

Source 9/30/2010 Rates: http://www.okhca.org/WorkArea/HospitalFinalReport9302010.pdf

Source 1/30/2011 Rates: http://www.okhca.org/WorkArea/HospitalFinalReport_01302011.pdf
Source 2/28/2011 Rates: http://www.okhca.org/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=12543

 

 

Primary C/S rate = Primary c-sections divided by the sum of primary c-sections + vaginal deliveries (Women who are having babies for the first time.)
Total C/S rate = All c-sections divided by all deliveries
To view the rates of all Oklahoma hospitals and to read about methodology for calculating the rates visit
the Oklahoma Health Care Authority website.

 

*32,898 of Oklahoma's 52,729 births in 2009 were paid for by SoonerCare: http://www.okhca.org/research.aspx?id=87, http://www.okhca.org/WorkArea/linkit.aspx?LinkIdentifier=id&ItemID=12157