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AHRQ Evidence reports and summaries AHRQ Evidence Reports, Numbers 61 - 119

71. Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC) Volume 1 and Volume 2

Prepared for:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

2101 East Jefferson Street

Rockville, MD 20852

www.ahrq.gov

Contract Number: 290-97-0018

Prepared by:

Oregon Health & Science University Evidence-based Practice Center

Portland, Oregon

Jeanne-Marie Guise, MD, MPH

Principal Investigator

Marian S. McDonagh, PharmD

Jason Hashima

Dale F. Kraemer, PhD

Karen B. Eden, PhD

Michelle Berlin, MD, MPH

Peggy Nygren, MA

Patricia Osterweil

Kathryn Pyle Krages, AMLS, MA

Mark Helfand, MD, MS

AHRQ Publication No. 03-E018

March 2003

ISBN: 1-58763-079-6

ISSN: 1530-4396

This document is in the public domain and may be used and reprinted without permission except those copyrighted materials noted for which further reproduction is prohibited without the specific permission of copyright holders.

Suggested Citation:

Guise J-M, McDonagh M, Hashima J, et al. Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC). Evidence Report/Technology Assessment No. 71 (Prepared by the Oregon Health & Science University Evidence-based Practice Center under Contract No 290-97-0018). AHRQ Publication No. 03-E018. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. March 2003.

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