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Hospital - Royal Columbian Hospital
Category - Child birth - Utilization rates
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Legend for Risk Adjusted Rates:
BLUE
Better than the British Columbia average for the selected year.
WHITE
Not different from the British Columbia average for the selected year.
RED
Worse than the British Columbia average for the selected year.
-
No data were available for this year.
DEFINITIONS:
Rank All institutions were ranked on each indicator based on their scores, where the highest rank of 1 corresponds to the highest score out of 100. Volume indicators were not ranked since they have threshold requirements.
Score The score indicates how well a hospital performs on a given indicator, based on its risk adjusted rate where a score of 100 is the highest.
Risk adjusted rate Measures the observed rate adjusted for differences in patients’ age, sex, and the presence of complications.
Observed rate

Measures the outcome of interest compared to population at risk.
British Columbia average/total This value is the risk adjusted average (British Columbia average) or total (British Columbia total) of an indicator across all acute care hospitals in British Columbia.
Cesarean delivery
Surgical removal of a baby through the mother's abdomen. Lower rates are more desirable.
MEASURE Year
01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07
Rank 38 23 30 25 26 39
Score 52 64 44 71 67 63
Observed 30.25% 29.82% 30.63% 30.60% 31.68% 35.91%
Risk adjusted 27.89% 27.03% 27.84% 27.56% 28.75% 32.26%
British Columbia average 27.81% 28.07% 27.85% 28.99% 29.85% 30.16%
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Vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC), uncomplicated
Rate of vaginal births that occurred in mothers who had delivered previously by Cesarean section. Higher rates are more desirable.
MEASURE Year
01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07
Rank 17 17 24 10 6 20
Score 45 22 51 34 50 18
Observed 22.50% 21.90% 18.93% 20.06% 23.72% 17.02%
Risk adjusted 22.67% 22.01% 19.07% 20.25% 23.98% 17.21%
British Columbia average 22.67% 20.33% 20.15% 17.86% 16.85% 16.40%
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Primary cesarean delivery
Surgical removal of a baby through the mother's abdomen during the first birth inclusively. Lower rates are more desirable.
MEASURE Year
01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07
Rank 42 36 33 33 37 45
Score 55 73 51 79 76 73
Observed 24.00% 23.00% 22.86% 22.51% 23.88% 27.56%
Risk adjusted 23.14% 21.88% 21.86% 21.40% 22.82% 26.16%
British Columbia average 21.95% 21.87% 21.57% 22.13% 22.43% 22.91%
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Vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC), all
Rate of vaginal births that occurred in mothers who had delivered previously by Cesarean section. Higher rates are more desirable.
MEASURE Year
01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07
Rank 20 17 23 11 5 19
Score 22 23 52 36 50 18
Observed 21.84% 22.26% 19.01% 21.23% 23.20% 17.69%
Risk adjusted 22.10% 22.52% 19.26% 21.51% 23.60% 17.97%
British Columbia average 22.82% 20.42% 20.61% 18.29% 16.98% 16.78%
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