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Table 1 Description of included hospitals

From: Variation of caesarean section rates in Palestinian governmental hospitals

Hospital Number

Hospital Number 1

Hospital Number 2

Hospital Number 3

|Hospital Number 4

Hospital Number 5

C-Section Rate

High Rate

High Rate

High Rate

Low Rate

Low Rate

Territory

West Bank

West Bank

Gaza strip

West Bank

Gaza strip

Number of Gynecologists

5

3

38

5

10

Number of Residents

12–15

No residency program

29

14

12

Numbers of Midwives

15

16

83

29

35

Number of Nurses

-

-

71

-

68

Number of Anesthesiologists

-

3

35

3

5

Number of Operation Rooms in Hospital

-

3

4

6

2

Number of Fetal Monitoring (CTGs)

8

5

19

8

8

Number of Instruments

Assisted in Births

4 forceps

6 vacuums

2 forceps

2 vacuums

5 forceps

vacuum-not reported

1 forceps

2 vacuums

2 forceps

2 vacuums