1. Immigration and C-sections incidence: Maternal care and perinatal outcomes in the context of the pandemic in Chile
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María Begoña Carroza Escobar, Nicole Silva, Jovita Ortíz-Contreras, Rodrigo Villegas, Sergio L. Vargas, Claudio Núñez, Luis Felipe Vergara Maldonado, and Loreto Paola Villanueva
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COVID ,immigrant women ,cesarean sections ,maternal care ,pregnancy ,perinatal outcomes ,Gynecology and obstetrics ,RG1-991 ,Women. Feminism ,HQ1101-2030.7 - Abstract
IntroductionImmigration has increased significantly in Chile. Despite that all pregnant women, regardless of nationality and immigration status, have the right to access to all healthcare services during pregnancy, childbirth, and postpartum, inequities in health care outcomes and health provision have been reported. During COVID-19 pandemic, these inequities are completely unknown.ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to compare the incidence of c-sections according to mother's migration status, as well as other maternal care and perinatal outcomes in women giving birth at San José Hospital in Santiago, Chile, during the COVID-19 pandemic.MethodsA retrospective cohort study was designed including 10,166 registered single births at the San José Hospital between March 2020 and August 2021. To compare between groups, statistical tests such as Chi-square and Fisher's exact were used. Log Binomial regression models were performed adjusted for potential confounding variables. To estimate the strength of association the relative risk was used.ResultsImmigrant mothers account for 48.1% of the registered births. Compared to non-immigrant women, immigrants exhibit a higher proportion of c-section, specifically, emergency c-section (28.64% vs. 21.10%; p-value
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- 2023
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