Table 6.

Maternal Transport by Level of Maternal Care in Montana Birthing Facilities

Level of Maternal Care	Written plan for transport of complicated obstetric patients (any) n (%)	Plan includes mechanism for maternal transport to higher-level facility available at all times n (%)	Plan includes mechanism to facilitate and openly accept maternal transports from lower-level facilitiesn (%)
Montana overall (N = 25)	14 (56.0)	13 (92.9)	3 (21.4)
LOCATe-assessed  < Level I (n = 6)	2 (33.3)	2 (100.0)	0
LOCATe-assessed Level I (n = 11)	7 (63.6)	7 (100.0)	0
LOCATe-assessed Level II (n = 6)	3 (50.0)	2 (66.7)	1 (33.3)
LOCATe-assessed Level III (n = 1)	1 (100.0)	1 (100.0)	1 (100.0)
LOCATe-assessed Level IV (n = 1)	1 (100.0)	1 (100.0)	1 (100.0)