Table 2 Hospital provider types and policies by TOLAC hospital status
From: A survey of access to trial of labor in California hospitals in 2012
TOLAC hospital (N=139) N (%) or Mean (SD) | Non-TOLAC hospital (N=104) N (%) or Mean (SD) | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Type of provider | |||
Obstetrician | 139 (100.0) | 103 (99.0) | 0.2476 |
Obstetric Resident Program | 47 (33.8) | 6 (5.8) | <0.0001 |
Family Practice Physician | 45 (32.4) | 25 (24.0) | 0.1566 |
Nurse-midwife | 53 (38.1) | 22 (21.1) | 0.0047 |
OB Provider in-hospital if any laboring patient | 63 (46.3) | 7 (6.9) | <0.0001 |
Missing | 3 | 2 | |
If not in-house, how far away | |||
Within 15 minutes | 67 (91.8) | 64 (68.1) | |
Within 30 minutes | 6 (8.2) | 30 (31.9) | |
Missing | 3 | 3 | |
Anesthesia coverage | <0.0001 | ||
24/7 in-hospital | 110 (79.1) | 30 (29.1) | |
Weekday in-hospital/ night or weekend on-call | 26 (18.7) | 59 (57.3) | |
On-call | 3 (2.2) | 14 (13.6) | |
If on call, time to respond | |||
Within 15 minutes | 26 (92.9) | 56 (75.7) | |
Within 30 minutes | 2 (7.1) | 15 (20.3) | |
Greater than 30 minutes | 0 (0.0) | 3 (4.0) | |
Hospital has emergency room | 138 (99.3) | 101 (98.1) | 0.3965 |
Missing | 1 | 3 |