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Illinois Hospital Report Card

and Consumer Guide to Health Care

Northwestern Medicine Central Dupage Hospital


Maternal / Pediatric - Safety

Maternal Safety and Utilization

Below are measures related to potential in-hospital childbirth complications and adverse events, such as birth trauma. In addition utilization indicators related to child birth procedures are provided. These measures examine procedures whose use varies significantly across hospitals and for which questions have been raised about overuse, underuse, or misuse. Discharge data from hospitals is used to analyze these indicators provided from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Read about the Report Card methodology. For more information on trends in cesarean section delivery, read Trends in Cesarean deliveries in Illinois Hospitals.

Measure

Cesarean Section Delivery

Utilization indicators examine procedures whose use varies significantly across hospitals and for which questions have been raised about overuse, underuse, or misuse. This measure is used to assess the number of hospital-level Cesarean deliveries per 1000 deliveries. (IQI 21)

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284.77 per 1000

Primary Cesarean Delivery Rate

Utilization indicators examine procedures whose use varies significantly across hospitals and for which questions have been raised about overuse, underuse, or misuse. This measure is used to assess the number of Cesarean deliveries per 1000 deliveries in women with no history of previous Cesarean delivery. (IQI 33)

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169.36 per 1000

Uncomplicated Vaginal Births After Cesarean

Utilization indicators examine procedures whose use varies significantly across hospitals and for which questions have been raised about overuse, underuse, or misuse. This measure is used to assess the number of hospital-level Uncomplicated Vaginal deliveries after Cesarean per 1000 deliveries. (IQI 22)

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185.64 per 1000