Proserpine Hospital - Queensland Centre for Mothers & Babies

Indicator 17: Do women make informed decisions about induction of labour 10
Gold standard care is defined as women feeling that they made an informed decision to have an induction of labour (that is, the
pros and cons were discussed and they decided from all their available options).
We asked women who had an induction of labour: “Did your maternity care provider(s) discuss with you the pros and cons
(benefits and risks) of being induced and not being induced” and “Who made the decision to induce or not induce you”
The graph displays the percentage of women who said they made an informed decision to have an induction of labour.
STATEWIDE PUBLIC
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Mackay Base Hospital (n=9)
Insufficient data
Mackay Birth Centre (n=0)
Insufficient data
Proserpine Hospital (n=2)
Insufficient data
STATEWIDE PRIVATE
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Mater Misericordiae Hospital Mackay (n=27)
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0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Best public hospital in Queensland:
Caboolture Hospital 39%
Best public birth centre in Queensland:
Insufficient data
Best private hospital in Queensland:
Mater Misericordiae Hospital Mackay 52%
Nambour Selangor Private Hospital 52%
What do women say about their care
“Staff are amazing everyone genuinely wants
to help you. Every decision is yours to make
without any pressure but with all the facts.”
“I felt pressured by my OBGYN to be induced
and was not aware that being induced meant
I would be stuck in a bed and hooked up to a
drip”
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Insufficient data for Atherton Hospital, Biloela Hospital, Cairns Private Hospital, Dalby Hospital, Emerald Hospital, Gladstone Hospital, Gold
Coast Birth Centre, Goondiwindi Hospital, Gympie Hospital, Hervey Bay Hospital, Innisfail Hospital, John Flynn Private Hospital, Kingaroy Health
Service, Longreach Hospital, Mackay Base Hospital, Mackay Birth Centre, Mareeba Hospital, Mater Misericordiae Hospital Gladstone, Mt Isa
Hospital, Proserpine Hospital, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Birth Centre, St Andrew’s Ipswich Private Hospital, Stanthorpe Hospital, Townsville
Birth Centre and Warwick Hospital.
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