Comparison 1. Home versus hospital care for symptomatic placenta praevia.

Outcome or subgroup title	No. of studies	No. of participants	Statistical method	Effect size
1 Episodes of bleeding	1	53	Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)	‐0.40 [‐1.40, 0.60]
2 Blood transfusion	1	53	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.26 [0.03, 2.17]
3 Caesarean section for recurrent bleeding	1	53	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)	1.42 [0.81, 2.48]
4 Severe haemorrhage requiring immediate transfusion and delivery	1	53	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)	3.11 [0.13, 73.09]
5 Caesarean hysterectomy	1	53	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)	1.38 [0.34, 5.60]
6 Gestational age at delivery (weeks)	1	53	Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.10 [‐1.17, 1.37]
7 Trial entry to delivery (days)	1	53	Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)	‐5.0 [‐17.41, 7.41]
8 Antenatal stay in hospital (days)	1	53	Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)	‐18.5 [‐26.82, ‐10.18]
9 Birthweight (g)	1	53	Mean Difference (IV, Fixed, 95% CI)	194.0 [‐137.26, 525.26]
10 Admission to neonatal intensive care unit	1	53	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.82 [0.46, 1.45]
11 Respiratory distress syndrome	1	53	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)	1.04 [0.42, 2.55]
12 Intraventricular haemorrhage	1	53	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.15 [0.01, 2.73]
13 Confirmed neonatal sepsis	1	53	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)	1.04 [0.07, 15.75]