Table 1 Women’s characteristics according to the type of model of care in private hospitals, Brazil, 2017
Characteristics of women | “PPA model of care” (N = 2571) | “Standard of care model” (N = 2227) | p-value* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | CI 95% | n | % | CI 95% | ||
Age | |||||||
< 20 years | 67 | 2.6 | (2.0;3.3) | 16 | 0.7 | (0.5;1.1) | < 0.001 |
20 to 34 years | 1753 | 68.2 | (65.9;70.4) | 1315 | 59.0 | (56.7;61.4) | |
35 years or older | 750 | 29.2 | (27.1;31.4) | 896 | 40.3 | (37.9;42.6) | |
Self-reported skin color | |||||||
White | 1733 | 67.4 | (65.4;69.4) | 1506 | 67.7 | (65.7; 69.7) | 0.249 |
Black | 136 | 5.3 | (4.4;6.3) | 93 | 4.2 | (3.4;5.1) | |
Mixed | 622 | 24.2 | (22.4;26.0) | 572 | 25.7 | (24.0;27.6) | |
Asian | 77 | 3.0 | (2.2;4.1) | 52 | 2.3 | (1.6;3.3) | |
Indigenous | 3 | 0.1 | (0.0;0.3) | 1 | 0.1 | (0.0;0.2) | |
Education | |||||||
Elementary School | 117 | 4.6 | (3.9;5.5) | 87 | 3.9 | (3.2;4.7) | 0.563 |
High school | 997 | 39.0 | (37.0;41.1) | 862 | 38.8 | (36.7;41.0) | |
University education | 738 | 28.9 | (26.7; 31.1) | 677 | 30.5 | (28.3;32.7) | |
Postgraduate studies | 702 | 27.5 | (25.4;29.7) | 596 | 26.8 | (24.7;29.0) | |
Economic class | |||||||
Class A | 674 | 26.2 | (24.2;28.3) | 698 | 31.4 | (29.2;33.6) | < 0.001 |
Class B | 1414 | 55.0 | (52.7;57.3) | 1200 | 53.9 | (51.5;56.2) | |
Class C | 473 | 18.4 | (16.9;20.0) | 324 | 14.6 | (13.2;16.0) | |
Class D | 9 | 0.4 | (0.2;0.6) | 5 | 0.2 | (0.1;0.5) | |
Lives with a partner | 2352 | 92.0 | (90.7;93.2) | 2123 | 95.6 | (94.7;96.4) | < 0.001 |
Paying jobs | 2075 | 81.2 | (79.4;82.9) | 1718 | 77.3 | (75.3;79.2) | 0.004 |
Pregnancy complications | 514 | 20.0 | (18.2;21.9) | 532 | 23.9 | (22.0;25.9) | 0.005 |
Robson classification | |||||||
Group 1 (nulliparous, single fetus, cephalic, ≥ 37 weeks and spontaneous labor) | 718 | 27.9 | (25.8;30.1) | 99 | 4.4 | (3.8;5.2) | < 0.001 |
Group 2 (nulliparous, single fetus, cephalic, ≥ 37 weeks and induced or cesarean section before labor) | 1148 | 44.6 | (42.3;47.0) | 355 | 16.0 | (14.8;17.2) | |
Group 3 (Multiparous, without previous cesarean section, single fetus, cephalic, ≥ 37 weeks and spontaneous labor) | 182 | 7.1 | (6.0;8.3) | 68 | 3.1 | (2.4;3.9) | |
Group 4 (Multiparous, without previous cesarean section, single fetus, cephalic, ≥ 37 weeks, Induced labor or cesarean section before Labor) | 101 | 3.9 | (3.1;5.0) | 88 | 4.0 | (3.2;4.8) | |
Group 5 (Anterior cesarean section, single fetus, cephalic, ≥ 37 weeks) | 146 | 5.7 | (5.0;6.5) | 1072 | 48.2 | (45.8;50.5) | |
Groups 6 to 9 (nulliparous and multiparous with single and pelvic fetuses; all multiple pregnancies; fetuses in a transverse or oblique situation) | 120 | 4.7 | (3.9;5.6) | 283 | 12.7 | (11.1;14.5) | |
Group 10 (All single gestation, cephalic, < 37 weeks, including previous cesarean section) | 156 | 6.1 | (5.2;7.1) | 262 | 11.7 | (10.2;13.5) | |