From: Distance matters: a population based study examining access to maternity services for rural women
Service Level | 240+ minutes from services | 120-240 minutes from services | 60-120 minutes from services | Primary care | Mixed model | Specialist C/S Services | P-Value |
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Maternal characteristics | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Average maternal age | 27.23 | 27.25 | 28.65 | 27.81 | 27.67 | 28.65 | < 0.001 |
% Nulliparous women | 36.8 | 36.7 | 38.6 | 38.4 | 40.9 | 42.6 | < 0.001 |
Antepartum hemorrhage at or > 20 wks (%) | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.037 |
Pregnancy induced hypertension (%) | 3.8 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.732 |
Preexisting and/or gestational diabetes (%) | 2.4 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 4.1 | < 0.001 |
Smoking during pregnancy (%) | 20.6 | 16.5 | 16.5 | 20.3 | 18.0 | 17.9 | < 0.001 |
Alcohol use during pregnancy (%) | 6.5 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.6 | < 0.001 |
Ecological determinants | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Catchment level social vulnerability-1 to +1 [30] | 0.33 | 0.30 | 0.10 | 0.23 | - 0.002 | 0.12 | < 0.001 |
Catchment proportion of Aboriginal people | 0.42 | 0.23 | 0.30 | 0.13 | 0.08 | 0.05 | < 0.001 |