PHA-Exch> The Vital Role of the Private Sector in Reproductive Health - Policy Brief (2)

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Lareen Newman Lareen.Newman at flinders.edu.au

 Well, the private sector in Australia in maternity care certainly doesn’t
provide good value for anyone’s money considering the exceptionally high
level of medical intervention that they use (up to 60% caesarean rates for
first time mums in some private hospitals here) – which is certainly being
questioned. It seems to be the same in Brazil I think.

In South Australia they won’t even put their names to their statistics so
that consumers could see what they might get (but consumer groups are
looking into this).
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