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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS
Volume 95, Issue 2, Pages 192-208Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2006.08.009
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emergency; obstetric care; process indicators; program monitoring; maternal mortality
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Objective: The paper reviews the experience with the EmOC process indicators, and evaluates whether the indicators serve the purposes for which they were originally created - to gather and interpret relatively accessible data to design and implement EmOC service programs. Method: We review experience with each of the 6 process indicators individually, and monitoring change over time, at the level of the facility and at the level of a region or country. We identify problems encountered in the field with data collection and interpretation. Result: While they have strengths and weaknesses, the process indicators in general serve the purposes for which they were developed. The data are easily collected, but some data problems were identified. We recommend several relatively minor modifications to improve data collection, interpretation and utility. Conclusions: The EmOC process indicators have been used successfully in a wide variety of settings. They describe vital elements of the health system and how well. that system is functioning for women at risk of dying from major obstetric complications. (c) 2006 International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics. Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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