A National Survey of Use of Obstetric Procedures and Technologies in Canadian Hospitals: Routine or Based on Existing Evidence?

Abstract

Considerable variations occur in the routine use of obstetric procedures and technologies in Canadian hospitals providing maternity care, according to hospital location, size, and university affiliation status. Despite the existing evidence suggesting that the routine use of these practices and procedures is both unnecessary and potentially harmful, a significant number of Canadian hospitals continued to use them routinely in 1993.