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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 May 5.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2005 May;89(2):174–178. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2005.01.029

Table 1.

The distribution of West Bank maternity hospitals, monthly deliveries, and staffing by sector

Sector Hospitals, %(n) Average monthly deliveries, 2001, %(n) Staff obstetricians, %(n) Midwives, %(n)
Governmental 21.6 (8) 48.3 (2274) 32.1 (27) 34.4 (76)
Non-governmental 35.1 (13) 36.1 (1698) 29.8 (25) 40.7 (90)
Private 40.5 (15) 13.2 (623)a 36.9 (31) 20.8 (46)
UNRWA 2.7 (1) 2.3 (110) 1.2 (1) 4.1 (9)
Total 99.9b (37) 99.9b (4705) 100 (84) 100 (221)
a

Data here are for 13 private hospitals.

b

The total is not 100% due to rounding.