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Background We apply Intersectional Theory to examine how compounded disadvantage affects the odds of women having a cesarean in U.S.-Mexico border hospitals and in non-border hospitals. We define U.S. Latinas with compounded disadvantage as those who have neither a college education nor private health insurance. Results Analyzing quantitative and qualitative data from Childbirth Connection’s Listening...
Background
Given the increasing proportion of United States hospitals that are for‐profit, we examined whether women who give birth in for‐profit hospitals are more likely to have cesareans than women who give birth in not‐for‐profit hospitals. We hypothesized that cesareans are more likely to occur in for‐profit hospitals because of the organizational emphasis on short‐term financial indicators,...
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