Table 6 Characteristics of priming services
Outpatient | Enhanced inpatient | Basic inpatient (from Table1) |
|---|---|---|
● Own home | ● Private room with private bathroom (8 of 18 labour rooms have a bath) | ● Twin room with shared bathroom |
● Single dose mild pain relief and sleeping medication provided | ● mild pain relief provided, stronger pain relief and sleeping medication available, but may have to wait for doctor | ● mild pain relief provided, stronger pain relief and sleeping medication available, but may have to wait for doctor |
○ 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) | ||
● Doctor available onsite if telephone | ● Doctor available on site if needed | ● Doctor will have to be called in from elsewhere if needed |
● Rostered midwife | ● Rostered midwife | ● Rostered midwife |
● On average 2 trips to hospital (1 extra trip to hospital) | ||
Respondent characteristics used (from Table 3 ) | ||
● Median travel time 15 minutes. | ||
● Previous care: 29% obstetrics clinic with doctors; 25% midwife clinic; 24% midwife group practice. | ||
● Mean age 29.6 yrs. | ||
● 11% Non-english speaking background. | ||
● 51% induction experience. | ||
● 39% university educated. | ||
● 34% private health insurance. | ||
● 66% first pregnancy. | ||