BROWSE CASE STUDIES Case Studies > A Commercial Insurance Study of Vaginal Delivery and Cesarean Section Rates at New Hampshire Hospitals, NHID, April 2011

A Commercial Insurance Study of Vaginal Delivery and Cesarean Section Rates at New Hampshire Hospitals, NHID, April 2011

April 2011

CATEGORIES:

Providers, Insurance Department

FILTERS:

Utilization, Cost, Quality, Health, Commercial

CONTACT

Tyler Brannen
Tyler.Brannen@ins.nh.gov

Using claims data from the NH Comprehensive Health Information System (NHCHIS), the New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) performed this analysis to investigate what factors may be related to the increase in the rate of cesarean sections (c-sections) at New Hampshire hospitals and assess the relevance of c-sections as a cost driver to the commercial insurance market.