Imagine if they reversed the financial incentive arrangements.....
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From: "Julie Clarke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au>
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 9:16 AM
Subject: [ozmidwifery] reducing c.section rates?
Hi Nicole
If I remember correctly the Australian Government also did that a few
years
ago; took the financial incentive away from doctors, by equalizing
Medicare
payments for vaginal and c.section births, however the lobby group to
represent doctors to the government threatened walk outs to such an extent
that the Medicare payment was increased again for c.sections.
A Professor of Obstetrics told me once he felt confident the best way to
reduce the unnecessarily high c.section rate was to introduce a peer
review
system where each obstetrician would explain the reason to his peers for
each of his/her c.sections performed.
Warm hug
Julie Clarke
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of nicole and
gareth
Sent: Thursday, 20 April 2006 11:44 PM
To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] Re: theatre "greens"
An obst from argentina recently told me that to lower the countries
ridiculously high caesar rate the government made the schedule benefits
(as in money given for procedure) the same for both c/s and vaginal
birth, c/s rate dropped very quickly!
nicole
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