Primary Cesarean Delivery Rate Increased From 2019 to 2021
Less than a 1 percent decrease seen in repeat cesarean delivery rate each year, from 87.6 percent in 2016 to 85.9 percent in 2021
Uterus Transplant Enables Women to Gestate, Deliver Liveborn Infants
Seventy-four percent of 31 uterus recipients had one-year graft survival; 19 of these 23 women had liveborn children
Firearm Injury ED Visit Rate Up With Higher Social Vulnerability
Similar patterns seen for Social Vulnerability Index themes of socioeconomic status and housing type and transportation
Resilience and Stress Management Program Aids Health Care Workers
Improvements seen in resilience, stress, anxiety, and burnout-exhaustion after the six-week program
Impact of Affiliation Mixed for Rural U.S. Hospitals
Benefits seen for financially distressed hospitals, but affiliation increases risk for closure among financially stable hospitals
Many Undergo Genital Gender-Affirming Surgery Outside State of Residence
Out-of-pocket costs 49 percent higher for procedures performed outside versus in the state of residence
Framework Issued for Developing Living Practice Guidelines
Framework addresses planning, production, reporting, and dissemination processes, as well as provides definitions
Health-Sector Shift Work Linked to Increased Odds of Metabolic Syndrome
Risk of developing metabolic syndrome increased for shift workers in 10 of 12 studies included in review and meta-analysis
Children <12 Need Not Repeat HIV, Hep B/C Tests Before Transplant Surgery
Candidates aged <12 years at the time of transplantation are exempt from testing if they received postnatal infectious disease testing
NHS Privatization Tied to Increase in Treatable Mortality
Annual increase of 1 percent of outsourcing to the private for-profit sector linked to annual increase of 0.38 percent in treatable mortality
