The Leapfrog Group's 2014 survey results for maternity care

The Leapfrog Group's 2014 survey results on the quality of hospital maternity care are as follows:

• The average rate of early elective deliveries has decreased, and for the second year, the national average hit the target rate of less than 5%.
• Some hospitals still perform early elective deliveries at a high rate: While nearly 78% of reporting hospitals achieved the Leapfrog standard for early elective deliveries, nearly 9% report a rate twice as high.
• In 2014, 648 hospitals performed episiotomies 12% or less of the time to meet Leapfrog's 2014 standard, compared with 468 hospitals in 2012.
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Source: Leapfrog Group