Feds Want Hospitals to Reduce Cesarean Sections, So How Is Kansas Doing?

It can be hard to learn which hospitals in Kansas are more likely than others to opt for ceserean sections most commonly.

Monday, June 4th, 2018, by Kansas News Service

The federal government and health advocates are urging hospitals to deliver fewer babies by cesarean section. But as Celia Llopis-Jepsen of the Kansas News Service explains, it’s hard to know how Kansas hospitals are doing.

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