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Table 3 Associations between sector of birth and postpartum care

From: Beyond the hospital door: a retrospective, cohort study of associations between birthing in the public or private sector and women’s postpartum care

 

Public facility % (N)

Private facility1 % (N)

Adj OR (99%CI)2

Length of hospital stay

   

<24 hours

8.2 (308)

0.2 (5)

5.60 (1.69-18.50)***

1-2 nights

43.6 (1635)

4.5 (121)

1

3-4 nights

35.0 (1313)

55.4 (1487)

0.07 (0.05-0.09)***

5+ nights

13.2 (495)

39.9 (1069)

0.03 (0.03-0.05)***

Received a telephone call from a care provider

  

No

42.4 (1634)

82.7 (2218)

1

Yes

56.4 (2117)

17.3 (464)

6.28 (5.30 - 7.44)***

Visited at home by a care provider

  

No

33.1 (1243)

93.6 (2510)

1

Yes

66.9 (2508)

6.4 (172)

34.23 (26.93 – 43.50)**

Visited a nurse or midwife

   

No

80.7 (3072)

75.8 (2034)

1

Yes

19.3 (724)

24.2 (648)

0.72 (0.60 – 0.84)***

Visited a GP

   

No

49.3 (1849)

83.6 (2243)

1

Yes

50.7 (1902)

16.4 (439)

5.57 (4.68 – 6.63)***

Access to 24-hour support

   

No

16.5 (673)

19.5 (566)

1

Yes

83.5 (3397)

80.5 (2337)

1.30 (1.08 – 1.58)***

  1. **p < .01, ***p < .001.
  2. 1Private sector is the referent category.
  3. 2adjusted for age, parity, level of education, country of birth, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander identification and area of residence.