The organizational characteristics of the hospitals
where the women gave birth included: the hospital type
classified as hospital in the capital, regional hospital outside
the capital or district hospital outside the capital;
skilled staff for cardiopulmonary maternal resuscitation
or hysterectomy; physician specialized in anesthesia; the
qualification of the physician for obstetric care on staff
categorized as: gynecologist-obstetrician, when a specialist
is available in the hospital or general practitioner (GP)
trained in emergency obstetric care (EmOC), when a
trained GP is available but no gynecologist-obstetrician;
availability of a blood bank, adult intensive care unit, peripartum
and postpartum care guidelines or continuous
medical training program.