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Table 8 Participants’ years of experience and perceived travel time to acute care

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

Item

Stand alone CMU

MLU alongside CLU

Obstetrician

 

Distant

Near

   
 

High T/R

Low T/R

High T/R

Low T/R

High T/R

Low T/R

n = 12

 

n = 19

n = 21

n = 21

n = 21

n = 21

n = 19

Years: mean (SD)

       

Qualified

22.8 (12.5)

18.2 (7.6)

22.0 (8.2)

22.0 (8.4)

22.1 (7.3)

19.8 (9.7)

23.2 (9.1)

In practice

18.8 (10.2)

16.6 (7.4)

18.9 (8.4)

19.8 (8.1)

21.6 (7.3)

17.3 (9.7)

-

In midwife led care

11.7 (6.4)

9.1 (4.7)

7.6 (6.6)

7.4 (6.4)

10.6 (3.7)

11.4 (7.3)

-

Mean perceived travel time to acute care in minutes (range)

141 (75- 210)

159 (120- 240)

56 (30- 120)

96 (45–210)

20 (5–30)

14 (0–30)

-

  1. T/R- transfer rate.