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Indicator 3: Do women have a booking appointment by 18 weeks’ gestation?Gold standard care is defined as women having a booking appointment by 18 weeks’ gestation.We asked: “How many weeks pregnant were you when you had your ‘booking’ appointment?” 4The graph displays the percentage of women who said that they had a booking appointment by 18 weeks’ gestation.STATEWIDE PUBLIC69Biloela Hospital (n=12)17Emerald Hospital (n=27)33Gladstone Hospital* (n=34)71Rockhampton Hospital (n=98)84STATEWIDE PRIVATE57Mater Misericordiae Hospital Gladstone (n=31)68Mater Misericordiae Hospital Rockhampton (n=103)260 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100Best public hospital in Queensland:Redland Hospital 88%Best public birth centre in Queensland:Gold Coast Birth Centre 85%What do women say about their care?“Found [facility name] staff very welcoming and supportiveof all decisions. I was really impressed with the attention todetail they went through on the first appointment, themidwife went through the PHR book and asked all familyhistory etc. questions, rather than filing it out myself as Ihad to do for previous pregnancy elsewhere.”“Prepare yourself for long waits for your appointment andnever expect to see the same person twice”Best private hospital in Queensland:North West Private Hospital 90%“I felt a bit rushed on both appointments during mypregnancy”4This data was collected in relation to women’s planned place of birth rather than their actual place of birth. Only a small proportion of womensampled (less than 5%) indicated that their baby was not born at their planned place of birth. This proportion includes babies who were bornbefore arrival.* Denotes a response rate of less than 25%15