Table 1 Maternal and neonatal variables considered to determine outcomes

­ Delivery route or termination of pregnancy

­ Early hospital discharge^a

­ Admission to the high complexity obstetrics unit (HCOU)^b

­ Access to the intensive care unit

­ Development of obstetric emergency

­ Maternal death

­ Newborn birth weight

­ Need for hospitalization after childbirth

­ Admission to the neonatal intensive care unit

­ Neonatal death