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Table 1 Characteristics of study hospitals

From: Promoting childbirth companions in South Africa: a randomised pilot study

  

Pair 1

Pair 2

Pair 3

Pair 4

Pair 5

Intervention

Level of care

Level 1

MOU

MOU

Level 2

Level 2

 

Deliveries per month

180

150

200

800

500

Control

Level of care

Level 1

Level 1/MOU

MOU

Level 2

Level 2

 

Deliveries per month

130

130

65

870

400

  1. MOU: midwife obstetric unit; Level 1: medical generalists and caesarean section available; Level 2: referral hospital with obstetric specialists and caesarean section available.