Table 1 Attributes and levels
Attribute | Levels for outpatient care (Option A) | Levels for enhanced inpatient care (Option B) | Levels for basic inpatient care (Option C) |
|---|---|---|---|
Physical environment while you are waiting for gels to work | ● Basic accommodation with private bathroom, close to hospital | ● Twin hospital room with shared bathroom | ● Twin hospital room with shared bathroom |
● Single hospital room with shared bathroom | |||
● Your own home | ● Single hospital room with private bathroom | ||
Availability of pain relief or sleep medication while waiting for gels to work | ● Single dose of mild pain relief (eg panadeine forte) and sleep medication are provided | ● Non drug pain relief methods (eg warm baths) are NOT available. Other types of pain relief and sleeping medication available, but may have to wait for doctor for stronger pain medication (eg injection) | ● Non drug pain relief methods (eg warm baths) are NOT available. Other types of pain relief and sleeping medication available, but may have to wait for doctor for stronger pain medication (eg injection) |
● None provided, own pain relief methods can be used, including panadol, warm baths etc. | ● Non drug pain relief methods (eg warm baths) are NOT available. Mild pain relief (eg panadeine forte) and sleeping medication available from midwives | ||
● Non drug pain relief methods (eg warm baths) ARE available. Other types of pain relief and sleeping medication available, but may have to wait for doctor for stronger pain medication (eg injection) | |||
● Non drug pain relief methods (eg warm baths) and mild pain relief (egpanadeine forte) and sleep medication ARE available from midwives | |||
Who checks on you while you are waiting for gels to work | ● You can phone a midwife, then come in to the hospital, if you are concerned; if a doctor is needed, they will need to be called in from somewhere else | ● You will be checked once during the night by the midwife (& woken if you are asleep); a doctor will need to be called in from somewhere else if needed | ● You will be checked once during the night by the midwife (& woken if you are asleep); a doctor will need to be called in from somewhere else if needed |
● You will be checked once during the night by the midwife (& woken if you are asleep); a doctor is available onsite if needed | |||
● You can phone a midwife, then come in to the hospital, if you are concerned; a doctor is available onsite if needed | |||
How well you know the midwife | ■ A rostered midwife, with no guarantee that you know her | ● A rostered midwife, with no guarantee that you know her | |
■ One of a team of 4 or 5 midwives who you have met before | |||
■ One of a pair of midwives who you know already | |||
■ A midwife you already know well | |||
How many trips you need to make to the hospital | ● 2 trips | ● 1 trip | ● 1 trip |
● 3 trips | |||
The travel time to the closest hospital that provides this service | ■ 10 minutes | ● 40 minutes | |
■ 20 minutes | |||
■ 30 minutes | |||
■ 40 minutes | |||