Research Article

Adoption of Diagnostic Technology and Variation in Caesarean Section Rates: A Test of the Practice Style Hypothesis in Norway

  1. Jostein Grytten1,2,*,
  2. Lars Monkerud3,4,
  3. Rune Sørensen5

Article first published online: 17 MAY 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2012.01419.x

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Health Services Research

Health Services Research

Volume 47, Issue 6, pages 2169–2189, December 2012

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Grytten, J., Monkerud, L. and Sørensen, R. (2012), Adoption of Diagnostic Technology and Variation in Caesarean Section Rates: A Test of the Practice Style Hypothesis in Norway. Health Services Research, 47: 2169–2189. doi: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2012.01419.x

Author Information

  1. 1

    Section of Community Dentistry, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

  2. 2

    Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Akershus University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

  3. 3

    Department of Economics, Norwegian Business School, Oslo, Norway

  4. 4

    Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Akershus University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

  5. 5

    Department of Economics, Norwegian Business School, Oslo, Norway

*Address correspondence to Jostein Grytten, Ph.D., Professor, Section of Community Dentistry, University of Oslo and Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Akershus University Hospital, Section of Community Dentistry, Box 1052, Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway; e-mail: josteing@odont.uio.no

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 12 NOV 2012
  2. Article first published online: 17 MAY 2012

Funded by

  • South-Eastern Norway Health Authority. Grant Number: 2709002

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hesr1419-sup-0002-Appendix1.docWord document27KAppendix S1: Effect of Independent Individual-Level Variables on Caesarean Section, 1967–2005: Analyses at the Level of Each Delivery, Control for Continuous Year and Hospital Random Effects, Logit Coefficients with Standard Errors in Brackets.
hesr1419-sup-0003-Appendix2.docWord document318KAppendix S2: The Proportion of Caesarean Sections (top) and Inter-hospital Variation in Caesarean Section (bottom) by Number of Types of Diagnostic Technology. Hospital Level Analyses.

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