Table 8.
Participants’ years of experience and perceived travel time to acute care
|
Item |
Stand alone CMU |
MLU alongside CLU |
Obstetrician |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Distant |
Near |
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| |
High T/R |
Low T/R |
High T/R |
Low T/R |
High T/R |
Low T/R |
n = 12 |
| n = 19 | n = 21 | n = 21 | n = 21 | n = 21 | n = 19 | ||
| Years: mean (SD) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Qualified |
22.8 (12.5) |
18.2 (7.6) |
22.0 (8.2) |
22.0 (8.4) |
22.1 (7.3) |
19.8 (9.7) |
23.2 (9.1) |
| In practice |
18.8 (10.2) |
16.6 (7.4) |
18.9 (8.4) |
19.8 (8.1) |
21.6 (7.3) |
17.3 (9.7) |
- |
| In midwife led care |
11.7 (6.4) |
9.1 (4.7) |
7.6 (6.6) |
7.4 (6.4) |
10.6 (3.7) |
11.4 (7.3) |
- |
| Mean perceived travel time to acute care in minutes (range) | 141 (75- 210) | 159 (120- 240) | 56 (30- 120) | 96 (45–210) | 20 (5–30) | 14 (0–30) | - |
T/R- transfer rate.