Table 1 Descriptive results of obstetric accessibility in Germany and England
Level of care | General obstetric units | Specialized obstetric units | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Germany | England | Germany | England | ||||
– | – | High | Low | High | Medium | Low | |
Number of facilities (n) | 734 | 223 | 162 | 59 | 44 | 37 | 78 |
Total birth count (n) | 722,621 | 649,267 | 7782 | 598 | 45,065 | 12,504 | 44,375 |
Mean distance (min) to closest facility [SD] | 14.2 [6.9] | 15.6 [7.9] | 26.7 [13.3] | 41.8 [21.3] | 35.7 [19.8] | 35.2 [19.1] | 30.6 [22.6] |
Mean distance (min) to closest seta of facilities [SD] | 32.0 [10.3] | 38.5 [14.7] | 45.2 [16.1] | 69.6 [22.8] | 60.7 [29.7] | 63.2 [25.0] | 50.6 [26.8] |
Origin–destination Pairs (n) | 25,945,405 | 6,966,009 | 6,016,565 | 1,934,309 | 1,453,655 | 1,029,386 | 2,632,833 |
Mean catchment area (min) [SD] | 56.0 [5.6] | 59.6 [8.8] | 64.1 [9.4] | 75.6 [9.9] | 83.8 [16.7] | 86.2 [14.8] | 77.5 [16.2] |
Mean accessibility index [SD] | 16.2 [11.0] | 11.6 [5.0] | 0.05 [0.04] | 0.002 [0.002] | 0.235 [0.120] | 0.069 [0.052] | 0.338 [0.227] |