Adequacy items | ICU available | ICU not available | ||||
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Public % (n) | Mixed % (n) | p value* | Public % (n) | Mixed % (n) | p value* | |
Human resources | ||||||
Presence of a nurse or physician who risk-stratified each presenting pregnant woman | 71.0 (132) | 33.0 (130) | <0.001 | 42.8 (137) | 51.8 (127) | 0.033 |
Obstetrician 24 h | 93.0 (174) | 80.5 (318) | <0.001 | 85.3 (273) | 40.8 (100) | <0.001 |
Anesthesiologist 24 h | 81.7 (152) | 46.6 (184) | <0.001 | 47.0 (151) | 15.0 (37) | <0.001 |
Medical director of obstetrics with specialized training in obstetrics | 96.2 (179) | 88.9 (351) | 0.006 | - | ||
Nursing director of obstetrics with specialized training in obstetrics | 52.9 (99) | 52.3 (206) | 0.818 | - | ||
Equipment for the emergency care of pregnant women | ||||||
Laryngoscopes and orotracheal tubes, | 100 (187) | 99.5 (393) | 0.330 | 87.5 (281) | 95.5 (235) | 0.001 |
Mechanical ventilators | 88.7 (165) | 89.4 (353) | 0.812 | 66.0 (212) | 91.0 (223) | <0.001 |
Manual resuscitators | 100 (187) | 99.5 (393) | 0.330 | 95.0 (305) | 100 (246) | < 0.001 |
Medications | ||||||
Antihypertensives | 99.5 (185) | 100 (395) | 0.145 | 100 (320) | 100 (246) | - |
Anxiolytics/Hypnotics | 94.7 (177) | 99.0 (391) | < 0.001 | 96.0 (308) | 89.8 (221) | 0.004 |
Corticosteroids | 100 (187) | 99.2 (391) | 0.232 | 97.5 (313) | 98.0 (241) | 0.717 |
Ocytocics | 100.0 (187) | 100 (395) | - | 100 (320) | 100 (246) | - |
Tocolytics | 97.3 (181) | 96.7 (382) | 0.696 | 100 (320) | 100 (246) | - |
Antihemorrhagics for women | 86.6 (161) | 87.1 (344) | 0.860 | 76.9 (246) | 95.9 (235) | <0.001 |
Magnesium sulfate | 100.0 (187) | 97.2 (384) | 0.021 | 98.4 (315) | 100 (246) | 0.049 |
Anti-D immunoglobulin for Rh-negative women | 95.2 (177) | 94.4 (373) | 0.715 | 76.9 (247) | 92.3 (227) | <0.001 |
Support services | ||||||
Clinical Pathology Laboratory | 98.9 (184) | 82.8 (327) | < 0.001 | 87.9 (282) | 67.1 (165) | < 0.001 |
Ambulance for transport of the women | 97.8 (182) | 89.1 (351) | <0.001 | 97.2 (312) | 82.1 (202) | < 0.001 |
Blood bank or Transfusion unit | 89.8 (167) | 86.8 (343) | 0.311 | 56.6 (181) | 56.5 (139) | 0.989 |