Health providers pass knowledge and abilities acquired by training in obstetric emergencies to their peers: the average treatment on the treated effect of PRONTO on delivery attendance in Mexico

Table 2 Average treatment effect on treated^a for probability of performing routine delivery practices among trained providers

Practice	N^c	β	95% CI		p-value
Complete AMTSL^b	48	0.21	0.06	0.35	0.005
1st step of AMTSL	48	0.28	0.09	0.46	0.003
2nd step of AMTSL	49	0.08	−0.04	0.20	0.198
3rd step of AMTSL	49	0.29	0.10	0.48	0.003
Skin-to-skin contact	49	0.26	0.14	0.38	< 0.001
Delayed cord clamping	24	0.21	−0.07	0.49	0.148
Episiotomy	49	−0.06	−0.27	0.16	0.592
Fundal pressure (Kristeller maneuver)	49	0.10	−0.04	0.23	0.157
Uterine sweeping	48	−0.26	−0.44	−0.08	0.004

^aImpact estimates were obtained by Mahalanobis distance nearest-neighbor matching in terms of the following covariates: matched hospital pair, state, gender, work shift, and profession, with exact matching on time elapsed since the training
^bAMTSL: active management of the third stage of labor
^cNumber of trained providers

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