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Table 7 Recruitment of midwives by stratification level for interviews and vignettes

From: Risk assessment and decision making about in-labour transfer from rural maternity care: a social judgment and signal detection analysis

Type

High transfer rate/ far travel distance to acute care

High transfer rate /Near travel distance to acute care

Low transfer rate /Far travel distance to acute care

Low transfer rate /Near travel distance to acute care

CMLU units available

3 Units

6 Units

6 Units

5 Units

Eligible midwives

n = 22

n = 109

n = 46

n = 41

Interviews

n = 3 (6)

n = 4 (11)

n = 3 (3)

n = 3 (4)

Vignettes

n = 19 (24)

n = 21 (51)

n = 21 (34)

n = 21 (30)

(number approached)

    

MLU units available

Not valid

4 Units

Not valid

1 Unit

Eligible Midwives

 

n = 204

 

n = 24

Interviews

 

n = 6 (12)

 

n = 1 (2)

Vignettes

 

n = 21 (60)

 

n = 19 (20)

  1. CMLU (total n = 20) community midwife led units.
  2. MLU (total n = 5) midwife led unit alongside a consultant led maternity unit.