Comparing Cesarean Birth Utilization Between US Hospitals: A Demonstration of the Robson Ten-Group Classification System for Use in Quality Improvement and Benchmarking.

Smith DC, Phillippi JC, Tilden EL, Lowe NK, Carlson NS, Neal JL, Blankstein Breman R. Comparing Cesarean Birth Utilization Between US Hospitals: A Demonstration of the Robson Ten-Group Classification System for Use in Quality Improvement and Benchmarking. The Journal of perinatal & neonatal nursing. 37(37). 214-222. PMID: 37494690 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC10372675 NIHMSID: NIHMS1808346.

Abstract

The World Health Organization-endorsed Robson Ten-Group Classification System (TGCS) is a standard reporting mechanism for cesarean birth, yet this approach is not widely adopted in the United States.