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● Own home
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● Private room with private bathroom (8 of 18 labour rooms have a bath)
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● Twin room with shared bathroom
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● Single dose mild pain relief and sleeping medication provided
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● mild pain relief provided, stronger pain relief and sleeping medication available, but may have to wait for doctor
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● mild pain relief provided, stronger pain relief and sleeping medication available, but may have to wait for doctor
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| ○ 45% of rooms have a bath (non-drug pain relief available) | ○ no rooms have a bath (non-drug pain relief not available) |
| ○ 55% of rooms do not have a bath (non-drug pain relief not available) |
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● Doctor available onsite if telephone
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● Doctor available on site if needed
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● Doctor will have to be called in from elsewhere if needed
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● Rostered midwife
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● Rostered midwife
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● Rostered midwife
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● On average 2 trips to hospital (1 extra trip to hospital)
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Respondent characteristics used (from Table
3
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● Median travel time 15 minutes.
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● Previous care: 29% obstetrics clinic with doctors; 25% midwife clinic; 24% midwife group practice.
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● Mean age 29.6 yrs.
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● 11% Non-english speaking background.
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● 51% induction experience.
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● 39% university educated.
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● 34% private health insurance.
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● 66% first pregnancy.
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