Table 3.

Outcomes in caseload and regular care for women who started labour in primary care (37–42 wk, singleton, vertex)

	Nulliparous women				Multiparous women
	Caseload practices		Regular midwife-led care		Caseload practices		Regular midwife-led care
	n = 216		n = 565		n = 241		n = 576
No intrapartum referral	124	57.4%	209	37.0%	209	86.7%	428	74.3%
Intrapartum referral	92	42.6%	356	63.0%	32	13.3%	148	25.7%
1st stage	52	24.1%	251	44.4%	27	11.2%	114	19.8%
2nd stage	21	9.7%	63	11.2%	3	1.2%	7	1.2%
other/ unclear	19	8.8%	42	7.4%	2	0.8%	27	4.7%
Interventions during labour
amniotomy	61	28.2%	236	42.7%	61	25.4%	289	50.8%
augmentation	51	23.8%	215	38.4%	12	5.0%	60	10.5%
pharmaceutical pain relief	42	20.8%	193	35.4%	9	3.8%	48	8.5%
episiotomy	40	18.5%	220	38.9%	8	3.3%	48	8.3%
Mode of birth
spontaneous	181	83.8%	425	75.9%	234	97.1%	555	96.7%
vaginal instrumental	21	9.7%	93	16.6%	3	1.2%	11	1.9%
caesarean section	14	6.5%	42	7.5%	4	1.4%	8	1.4%
Maternal outcomes
PPH > 1000 cc	15	6.9%	40	7.1%	8	3.3%	27	4.7%
Perineum intact (vaginal births only)	67	33.2%	109	21.0%	122	51.5%	201	35.5%
3rd/4th perineal tear (vaginal births only)	9	4.5%	24	4.6%	1	0.4%	7	1.2%