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. 2014 Jun 14;14:206. doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-206

Table 4.

Proportion of women transferred from home or birth centres to labour wards

  Birth centre Home
All women
All women
4 322/14 483 (29.8%)
138/742 (18.6%)
Nulliparous women
3 551/9 145 (38.8%)
101/313 (32.3%)
Multiparous women
770/5 333 (14.4%)
37/427 (8.7%)
Women without complications
All women
3 980/13 724 (29.0%)
135/735 (18.4%)
Nulliparous women
3 267/8 633 (37.8%)
99/309 (32.0%)
Multiparous women 712/5 086 (14.0%) 36/424 (8.5%)