Pennsylvania just released information about hospital cesarean rates for 2009. You can see reports for all of the hospitals in the state here, but here’s a list of hospitals in the ICAN of Southeastern Pennsylvania area.
Hospital Total Births / Total Cesareans / Cesarean Rate
State of PA 145,791 / 46,351 / 31.8%
Bucks County:
Doylestown Hospital 1,362 / 582 / 42.7%
Grand View Hospital 1,601 / 564 / 35.2%
Lower Bucks Hospital 1,126 / 469 / 41.7%
St. Mary Medical Center 1,939 / 688 / 35.5%
Chester County:
Chester County Hospital 2,561 / 704 / 27.5%
Jennersville Regional Hosp. 423 / 82 / 19.4%
Paoli Hospital 2,303 / 880 / 38.2%
Phoenixville Hospital 932 / 267 / 28.6%
Delaware County:
Crozer Chester Medical Center 2,101 / 729 / 34.7%
Delaware County Memorial Hosp. 1,628 / 437 / 26.8%
Riddle Memorial Hospital 880 / 273 / 31.0%
Montgomery County:
Abington Memorial Hospital 5,205 / 1,852 / 35.6%
Holy Redeemer 2,804 / 1,097 / 39.1%
Bryn Mawr Hospital 1,933 / 642 / 33.2%
Lankenau Hospital 2,665 / 1,096 / 41.1%
Mercy Suburban – Norristown 688 / 268 / 39.0%
Montgomery Hospital 815 / 250 / 30.7%
Pottstown Memorial 680 / 241 / 35.4%
Philadelphia County:
Albert Einstein Med. Center 2,976 / 905 / 30.4%
Hahnemann University Hospital 2,152 / 570 / 26.5%
Hosp. of the Univ. of PA (HUP) 4,083 / 1,064 / 26.1%
Northeastern Hospital 628 / 159 / 25.3%
PA Hosp. – Univ. of PA (Pennsy)4,826 / 1,844 / 38.2%
Temple University Hospital 3,188 / 1,042 / 32.7%
Thomas Jefferson Univ. Hosp. 2,146 / 686 / 32.0%
It’s really disappointing to not see a single hospital below 20%- even 25%!