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In 2009, researchers compared maternal complications of delivery and stratified the complication rates into quintiles of residency programs based on where the delivering obstetrician completed their training. In comparing the quintile with the highest complication rate to the quintile with the lowest complication rate, there was a 3.3% absolute risk reduction in maternal complications. It matters where your obstetrician completed residency. Physicians are a product of the environment in which they train.