Continuity of care: what matters to women when they are referred from primary to secondary care during labour? a qualitative interview study in the Netherlands

de Jonge, Ank; Stuijt, Rosan; Eijke, Iva; Westerman, Marjan J

doi:10.1186/1471-2393-14-103

Table 1 Characteristics of the 27 women included in the study

From: Continuity of care: what matters to women when they are referred from primary to secondary care during labour? a qualitative interview study in the Netherlands

Respondent	Ethnicity	Education	Place of residence	Parity	Women’s reported reason for referral to secondary care	Mode of transport to hospital	Planned place of birth	Intended planned place of birth next time
R1	Dutch	Academic	City	1	Request for pain medication	Car	Hospital	Hospital
R2	Dutch	Higher vocational	City	1	Request for pain medication	Car	Hospital	M.i.
R3	Dutch	Academic	City	3	Failure to progress first stage	Car	Hospital	Hospital
R4	Dutch	Higher vocational	City	1	Failure to progress first stage	Car	Hospital before labour, considered home at onset of labour	Hospital
R5	Dutch	Medium vocational	Village	1	Failure to progress second stage	Ambulance	Home	M.i.
R6	Dutch	Academic	City	1	Meconium stained liquor	Car	Hospital	Hospital, but wants to stay longer at home
R7	Dutch	Academic	City	1	Request for pain medication, did not receive it, then referred for failure to progress in second stage	Car	Alongside midwifery unit	M.i.
R8	Polish	Higher vocational	City	1	Prolonged ruptured membranes	Car	Hospital but stay at home as long as possible	Undecided
R9	Dutch	Higher vocational	City	1	Failure to progress first stage	Car	Undecided before labour, during labour home	M.i.
R10	Dutch	Higher vocational	Village	1	Foetal distress second stage	Ambulance	Home	Home
R11	Surinamese	Medium vocational	City	1	Failure to progress first stage, received pain medication immediately after tramsfer of care	Car	Hospital because of high BMI, preferred home	Hospital because of high BMI
R12	Dutch	Higher vocational	City	1	Failure to progress second stage	Ambulance	Home	Hospital
R13	Dutch	Higher vocational	Village	1	Meconium stained liquor	Car	Hospital	M.i.
R14	Dutch	Secondary school	Village	2	Failure to progress first stage	Car	Hospital	Hospital
R15	Dutch	Academic	City	1	Failure to progress second stage	Car	Hospital	M.i.
R16	Surinamese	Higher vocational	City	1	Meconium stained liquor	Car	Hospital	Hospital
R17	Dutch	Medium vocational	Village	1	Request for pain medication	Car	Hospital	M.i.
R18	Dutch	Higher vocational	City	1	Request for pain medication	Car	Hospital	Hospital
R19	Dutch	Higher vocational	City	1	Request for pain medication	Car	Hospital	M.i.
R20	Dutch	Higher vocational	City	1	Request for pain medication, did not receive it, then referred for meconium stained liquor and foetal distress	Car	Home	Hospital
R22	Dutch	Higher vocational	City	2	Meconium stained liquor	Car	Home	Home
R23	Polish	Academic	City	2	Request for pain medication, did not receive it	Car	Alongside midwifery unit	Alongside midwifery unit
R24	Dutch	Medium vocational	Village	2	Meconium stained liquor	Car	Hospital because of previous postpartum haemorrhage	M.i.
R25	Dutch	Medium vocational	Village	1	Failure to progress second stage	Ambulance	Home	Home
R26	Dutch	Medium vocational	Village	1	Request for pain medication	Car	Hospital	M.i.
R27	Dutch	Medium vocational	City	3	Request for pain medication	Car	Home	Home
R28	Dutch	Medium vocational	City	2	Meconium stained liquor	Car	Home	Home

M.i. = medical indication for hospital birth, such as previous caesarean section or previous postpartum haemorrhage. R21 was excluded because this woman gave birth preterm.

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