From: Distance matters: a population based study examining access to maternity services for rural women
Service Level | 240+ minutes from services | 120-240 minutes from services | 60-120 minutes from services | Primary care | Mixed model | Specialist C/S Services | P-Value |
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% of women who delivered at level 6 hospitals | 75.5 | 67.2 | 86.5 | 30.6 | 18.8 | 95.8 | < 0.001 |
% Epidural | 19.8 | 17.3 | 16.6 | 13.6 | 17.8 | 23.7 | < 0.001 |
% Induction (excl. women with planned CS) | 17.4 | 28.4 | 23.5 | 22.0 | 25.5 | 24.4 | < 0.001 |
% Logistics as reason for induction | 2 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | < 0.001 |
% Episiotomy (vag deliveries only) | 7.3 | 11.2 | 9.9 | 11.1 | 13.4 | 12.8 | < 0.001 |
% CS (all types) | 19 | 20.9 | 23 | 23.7 | 24.8 | 26.2 | < 0.001 |
% Planned CS (primary and repeat) | 5.5 | 8.0 | 8.2 | 9.3 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 0.006 |
% Assisted vag. delivery | 6.1 | 6.2 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 7.9 | 0.014 |
% Unplanned out of hospital birth | 1.4 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | < 0.001 |
Average PP length of stay (hours) | 51.88 | 55.03 | 53.50 | 53.86 | 59.05 | 57.58 | < 0.001 |
Average PP length of stay (hours) CS only | 92.30 | 84.48 | 83.31 | 78.92 | 86.65 | 84.06 | < 0.001 |
Average PP length of stay (hours) Vag delivery only | 41.83 | 47.22 | 44.43 | 45.88 | 49.71 | 48.04 | < 0.001 |