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) |
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> 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) |