[Time trend of the rates of cesarean and vaginal delivery according to the source of financing].

Purpose: To analyze the time trend of the rates of cesarean and vaginal delivery according to the source of financing.

Methods: This was an ecological study of the time series analysis of cesarean and vaginal delivery rates according to the financing source, carried out in Maringá, Paraná State, Brazil, from 2002 to 2012. Information available at the System of Information on Live Births and at the System of Hospital Information of the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS) was used for data collection.