Beyond the hospital door: a retrospective, cohort study of associations between birthing in the public or private sector and women’s postpartum care

Table 5 Heirachical multivariate logistic regression to assess factors associated with parenting confidence ¹

	Step 2²		Step 3³		Step 4⁴
	AOR	99%CI	AOR	99%CI	AOR	99%CI
Sector of birth facility
Private facility	1		1		1
Public facility	1.33	1.12-1.59^***	1.17	0.92-1.47	1.16	0.91-1.48
Length of hospital stay
<24 hours	-		1.20	0.85-1.69	1.21	0.86-1.71
1-2 nights	-		1		1
3-4 nights	-		0.73	0.60-0.90^***	0.73	0.59-0.89^***
5+ nights	-		0.65	0.50-0.83^***	0.64	0.50-0.83^***
Telephoned by a care provider
No	-		1		1
Yes	-		1.04	0.88-1.23	1.04	0.88-1.24
Visited at home by a care provider
No	-		1		1
Yes	-		0.87	0.71-1.06	0.84	0.69-1.03
Access to contact for 24 hour support
No	-		1		1
Yes	-		1.33	1.07-1.64^***	1.34	1.08-1.65^***
Visited a nurse/midwife
No	-		-		1
Yes	-		-		0.80	0.66-0.98^**
Visited a GP
No	-		-		1
Yes	-		-		1.01	0.86-1.20

**p < .01, ***p < .001.
¹Step 1(not shown) simultaneously adjusted for age, parity, level of education, country of birth, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander identification, and area of residence.
²Step 2 adjusted for sector of birth.
³Step 3 adjusted for initiatives proactively delivered by health services (length of hospital stay, being telephoned by a care provider, visited at home by a care provider and being given contact details of someone to contact at any time).
⁴Step 4 adjusted for initiatives undertaken by women (visiting a midwife or nurse and visiting a GP).

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