Table 1. Characteristics of the participating hospitals.

Characteristic	Vietnam	Burkina Faso	Thailand	Argentina
	N = 4	N = 8	N = 8	N = 8
Type of hospital
Public without a private ward	3	8	0	8
Public with a private ward	1	0	8	0
Private	0	0	0	0
Level of care
Tertiary	1	2	7	8
Secondary	2	4	1	0
Primary	1	2	0	0
Teaching hospital
Yes	2	3	8	8
No	2	5	0	0
Range of annual births	2800–42000	2500–6000	2500–7500	614–4945
Range of caesarean rates	23%–54%	21%–48%	36%–56%	30%–45%