Rich and wealthy nations demographic?
Nope, most doctors in universal health care economies receive some kind of kickback for operations.
They thus needlessly assign operations in order to get paid more.
I once broke my collar bone in Japan, and the doctor insisted I get surgery to rectify it. I asked for a sling or brace and the doctor refused to give me one. It’s the difference in him making 0 yen compared to 500,000 for the surgery.
My wife had a botched emergency C-section many years ago. It is a miracle that she lived through it. They even managed to give her the wrong blood type after she started hemorrhaging. It took other surgeries to try and fix the damage that was caused.
Only if you consider the Dominican Republic wealthy.
The nation with the highest rate for using the surgery to assist childbirth is the Dominican Republic with 58.1%.
I would look at a correlation between a high number of C-sections and single payer.
Slicing them open and pulling the baby out is much quicker then having them in the hospital tying up the delivery room for hours.