Ecuador: Caesarean births up 60 percent in 8 years, possible motivation, financial gain

While you are paid more doctors for a natural delivery that a Caesarean section, doctors promote the latter because they can make more and earn more money.

The Universe. Ecuador has an average rate of 41% of caesarean sections, according to the National Health and Nutrition Survey 2012 published by the INEC. This type of cesarean births increased by about 60% over a period of eight years.

With these data starts Julia Johannsen publication ‘Humanizing delivery, information is power’ on the blog of the Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) ‘Healthy People’. Social protection specialist at the IDB offices in the country shared their experience in seeking information about care options in Quito delivery.

Specifies that before the birth of her son inquired about care options and found that in many cases the decision of caesarean section is taken by the doctor. Read Article

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