Comparison of Cesarean Deliveries in a Multicenter U.S. Cohort Using the 10-Group Classification System

Daniel N. Pasko; Paula McGee; William A. Grobman; Jennifer L. Bailit; Uma M. Reddy; Ronald J. Wapner; Michael W. Varner; John M. Thorp Jr.; Steve N. Caritis; Mona Prasad; George R. Saade; Yoram Sorokin; Dwight J. Rouse; Jorge E. Tolosa; for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units (MFMU) Network

doi:10.1055/s-0042-1748527

American Journal of Perinatology, Inhaltsverzeichnis

Am J Perinatol 2024; 41(09): 1223-1231
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1748527

Original Article

Comparison of Cesarean Deliveries in a Multicenter U.S. Cohort Using the 10-Group Classification System

Daniel N. Pasko

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama

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Paula McGee

²The George Washington University Biostatistics Center, Washington, District of Columbia

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William A. Grobman

³Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois

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Jennifer L. Bailit

⁴Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, MetroHealth Medical Center-Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio

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Uma M. Reddy

⁵The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland

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Ronald J. Wapner

⁶Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University, New York, New York

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Michael W. Varner

⁷Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah

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John M. Thorp Jr.

⁸Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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Steve N. Caritis

⁹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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Mona Prasad

¹⁰Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

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George R. Saade

¹¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas

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Yoram Sorokin

¹²Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan

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Dwight J. Rouse

¹³Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

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Jorge E. Tolosa

¹⁴Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon

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for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health Human Development Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units (MFMU) Network

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Abstract

Objective We sought to (1) use the Robson 10-Group Classification System (TGCS), which classifies deliveries into 10 mutually exclusive groups, to characterize the groups that are primary contributors to cesarean delivery frequencies, (2) describe inter-hospital variations in cesarean delivery frequencies, and (3) evaluate the contribution of patient characteristics by TGCS group to hospital variation in cesarean delivery frequencies.

Study Design This was a secondary analysis of an observational cohort of 115,502 deliveries from 25 hospitals between 2008 and 2011. The TGCS was applied to the cohort and each hospital. We identified and compared the TGCS groups with the greatest relative contributions to cohort and hospital cesarean delivery frequencies. We assessed variation in hospital cesarean deliveries attributable to patient characteristics within TGCS groups using hierarchical logistic regression.

Results A total of 115,211 patients were classifiable in the TGCS (99.7%). The cohort cesarean delivery frequency was 31.4% (hospital range: 19.1–39.3%). Term singletons in vertex presentation with a prior cesarean delivery (group 5) were the greatest relative contributor to cohort (34.8%) and hospital cesarean delivery frequencies (median: 33.6%; range: 23.8–45.5%). Nulliparous term singletons in vertex (NTSV) presentation (groups 1 [spontaneous labor] and 2 [induced or absent labor]: 28.9%), term singletons in vertex presentation with a prior cesarean delivery (group 5: 34.8%), and preterm singletons in vertex presentation (group 10: 9.8%) contributed to 73.2% of the relative cesarean delivery frequency for the cohort and were correlated with hospital cesarean delivery frequencies (Spearman's rho = 0.96). Differences in patient characteristics accounted for 34.1% of hospital-level cesarean delivery variation in group 2.

Conclusion The TGCS highlights the contribution of NTSV presentation to cesarean delivery frequencies and the impact of patient characteristics on hospital-level variation in cesarean deliveries among nulliparous patients with induced or absent labor.

Key Points

We report on the cesarean delivery frequencies in a multicenter U.S. cohort.
NTSV gestations (groups 1 and 2) are a primary driver of cesarean deliveries.
Patient characteristics contributed most to hospital variation in cesarean deliveries in group 2.

Keywords

cesarean delivery - 10-Group Classification System - Robson - nulliparous term singletons in vertex

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