Table 1

Hospital strata and characteristics

Country
Stratum
Type / size
Number of hospitals
Mean number of deliveries (range)/ year / hospital
Number of hospitals with guidelines available
Number of hospitals with continued education programme present

Mexico
1
Social security / small
3
3334 (2050–4951)
3
3

2
Social security / large
5
9886 (5964–17670)
5
5

3
State / small
11
3112 (1307–4458)
7
8

4
State / large
3
6428 (5019–7244)
2
2

Thailand
5
State / small
12
3249 (1500–4000)
0
0

6
State / large
6
6688 (5200–10000)
0
0

Gülmezoglu et al. BMC Medical Research Methodology 2004 4:2   doi:10.1186/1471-2288-4-2