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Table 1 Demographic, social and obstetric characteristics of women according to the model of care. Rio de Janeiro, 2017

From: Cost-effectiveness analysis of a quality improvement program to reduce caesarean sections in Brazilian private hospitals: a case study

Characteristic

Total

(N = 238)

Standard

of care model (N = 154)

PPA

model of care

(N = 84)

p value

n

%

n

%

n

%

Age (years)

       

 < 20

7

2.9

4

2.6

3

3.6

 < 0.001

 20–34

186

78.2

109

70.8

77

91.7

 

 35 or more

45

18.9

41

26.6

4

4.8

 

Skin color

       

 White

78

32.8

54

35.1

24

28.6

0.307

 Black

45

18.9

25

16.2

20

23.8

 

 Mixed/Asian/Indigenous

115

48.3

75

48.7

40

47.6

 

Schooling (years)

       

 1 to 10

34

14.3

24

15.6

10

11.9

0.007

 11 to 14

136

57.1

76

49.4

60

71.4

 

 15 or more

52

21.8

40

26.0

12

14.3

 

 Postgraduate studies

16

6.7

14

9.1

2

2.4

 

Economic class

       

 D/E

1

0.4

0

0.0

1

1.2

0.003

 C

70

29.4

36

23.4

34

40.5

 

 B

156

65.5

107

69.5

49

58.3

 

 A

11

4.6

11

7.1

0

0.0

 

 Lives with partner

205

86.1

136

88.3

69

82.1

0.188

 Paid work

183

76.9

118

76.6

65

77.4

0.895

Parity

       

 0

192

80.7

125

81.2

67

79.8

0.957

 1 to 2

43

18.1

27

17.5

16

19.0

 

 3 or more

3

1.3

2

1.3

1

1.2

 

 Preference for vaginal birth

133

55.9

66

42.9

67

79.8

 < 0.001

Robson group

       

 1

70

29.4

26

16.9

44

52.4

 < 0.001

 2a

19

8.0

2

1.3

17

20.2

 

 2b

103

43.3

97

63.0

6

7.1

 

 3

19

8.0

7

4.5

12

14.3

 

 4a

5

2.1

3

1.9

2

2.4

 

 4b

22

9.2

19

12.3

3

3.6

 

 Risk pregnancy

49

20.6

38

24.7

11

13.1

0.035

Pré-gestational BMI

       

 Underweight

9

3.8

6

3.9

3

3.6

0.023

 Normal

113

47.9

62

40.8

51

60.7

 

 Overweight

68

28.8

48

31.6

20

23.8

 

 Obese

46

19.5

36

23.7

10

11.9

 
  1. PPA adequate birth project, BMI Body Mass Index