Table 1.

Site descriptions.

Site	Location, classification	Births per year (≈)	Caseload places per year (% of total births)	Women who identified as First Nations who received caseload care prior to project #	Cultural support unit and staff positions	Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (ACCHO) ‘partner’
Royal Women's Hospital*	Metropolitan, tertiary	≈ 7500	500 women / year (8% of births)	2011–2014: 6 women (0.3% of 2093 caseload places)	Badjurr-Bulok Wilam 1.5 Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officers (AHLO) positions	Victorian Aboriginal Health Service (VAHS) offers shared care model
Joan Kirner Women's and Children's Hospital	Metropolitan, tertiary	≈ 5500	1100 women / year (20% of total births)	2012–2013: 24 women (0.9% of 2744 caseload places)	Wilim Berrbang 2 AHLOs⁎⁎ 1 Koori Maternity Services worker	Not located near an ACCHO
Mercy Hospital for Women	Metropolitan, tertiary	≈ 6000	650 women / year (9% of total births)	2014: 4 women (1.0% of 398 caseload places)	Nangnak Baban Murrup 2 AHLOs 2 Nangnak Wan Myeek: postnatal support workers	VAHS offers shared care model
Goulburn Valley Health	Regional	≈ 1200	130 (11% total births)	2011–2014: 15 women (3.0% of 514 caseload places)	2 AHLOs	Rumbalara offers shared care, with midwife and obstetric antenatal care available from GVH

^#Data are provided for different years due to what was available from the sites.

^⁎Model commenced as part of COSMOS trial in 2008.

^⁎⁎including a dedicated Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer whose role is to work with midwives to support First Nations women and their families throughout pregnancy, birth and up to eight weeks postpartum.