From: Labor and birth care by nurse with midwifery skills in Brazil
Provider who assisted in each birth (N = 11,499) | p-value* | |||
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Physicians (%) | Nurses/nurse-midwives (%) | |||
Geographical region | North | 75.9 | 24.1 | 0.001 |
Northeast | 90.1 | 9.9 | ||
Southeast | 76.5 | 23.5 | ||
South | 92.5 | 7.5 | ||
Central | 99.2 | 0.8 | ||
Location | Non-capital | 83.4 | 16.6 | 0.877 |
Capital | 84.3 | 15.7 | ||
Source of payment | Public | 83.5 | 16.5 | 0.054 |
Private | 92.2 | 7.8 |