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Table 1 Summary of dietetic staffing levels and service types in Australian maternal health hospitals

From: Nutrition and maternal health: a mapping of Australian dietetic services

Category of births/year

Births/year (mean ± SD (median))

Hospitals (n)

State/Territory

Hospital location

Number beds

(AN;PN) (n)

Maternal health dietetic FTE (n)

> 5000

6300 ± 1591 (6000)

11

1 New South Wales

3 Queensland

5 Victoria

2 Western Australia

11 metropolitan

Mean AN = 28.4 ± 16.5 (n = 9)

Median = AN 30

Range = 3–50

N/A = 2

Mean PN = 42.3 ± 17.6

Median PN = 41.5

Range = 20–76

N/A = 1

AN/PNa = 170 (n = 1)

Mean = 1.3 ± 1.6

Median = 0.2

Range = 0–4

3500–5000

4100 ± 572.8

(3950)

12

2 Australian Capital Territory

3 New South Wales

2 Queensland

2 Victoria

2 South Australia

1 Western Australia

10 metropolitan

1 regional

1 N/A

Mean AN = 30 ± 18.2 (n = 11)

Median AN = 15.5

Range = 4–35

Mean PN = 38 ± 23.6

Median PN = 32

Range = 25–100

AN/PNa = 30 (n = 1)

Mean = 1.1 ± 1.3

Median = 0.65

Range = 0–2.8

< 3500

1300 ± 1012.6 (1300)

20

6 New South Wales

6 Queensland

1 Victoria

1 South Australia

3 Tasmania

3 Western Australia

5 metropolitan

9 regional

6 rural

Mean AN = 13.8 ± 16.0 (n = 17)

Median AN = 5

Mean PN = 16.4 ± 13.4

Median PN =15

AN/PNa: 13, 32 (n = 2)

5 country health beds (n = 1)

Mean = 0.6 ± 0.6 (n = 14)

Median = 0.3

Range = 0–2

N/A (n = 2)

Included in part of general funding (n = 4)

  1. AN antenatal, N/A not available, PN postnatal
  2. a combined AN & PN service