Caesarean Section Rates and Activity-Based Funding in Northern Norway: A Model-Based Study Using the World Health Organization’s Recommendation

Table 1

Deliveries in 2016 at each hospital trust in Northern Norway according to diagnosis-related groups (DRGs).

Hospital trust	Delivery	DRG	Helgeland Hospital		Nordland Hospital		University Hospital		Finnmark Hospital		Total
			Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%	Number	%
Caesarean section	No complication	371	67	10.6	96	6.8	160	7.6	67	9.4	390	8.0
	Complication	370	21	3.3	119	8.5	268	12.7	52	7.3	460	9.5
Total caesarean section		—	88	13.9	215	15.3	428	20.3	119	16.8	850	17.5
Vaginal birth	No complication	373	405	64.0	768	54.8	1123	53.1	405	57.0	2701	55.6
	Complication	372	97	15.3	382	27.2	502	23.7	170	23.9	1151	23.7
	Outpatient	373O	18	2.8	19	1.4	43	2.0	8	1.1	88	1.8
	Evacuation	374	21	3.3	18	1.3	9	0.4	8	1.1	56	1.2
	Other surgery	375	4	0.6	0	0.0	10	0.5	0	0.0	14	0.3
Total vaginal birth			545	86.1	1187	84.7	1687	79.7	591	83.2	4010	82.5
Total			633	100.0	1402	100.0	2115	100.0	710	100.0	4860	100.0

Source: Norwegian Patient Registry (NPR).