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 3 Average treatment effect on non-treated^a for probability of performing routine delivery practices among untrained providers

Practice	N^c	β	95% CI		p-value
Complete AMTSL^b	118	0.20	0.08	0.32	0.001
1st step of AMTSL	124	0.21	0.07	0.36	0.005
2nd step of AMTSL	123	0.07	−0.03	0.17	0.160
3rd step of AMTSL	118	0.15	0.02	0.28	0.021
Skin-to-skin contact	124	0.10	0.03	0.17	0.004
Delayed cord clamping	50	0.15	0.02	0.28	0.027
Episiotomy	123	−0.04	−0.18	0.10	0.611
Fundal pressure (Kristeller maneuver)	123	−0.04	−0.13	0.05	0.363
Uterine sweeping	123	−0.08	−0.20	0.04	0.184

^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 untrained providers working in treated hospitals

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