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Table 3 Characteristics of the instrument for evaluating quality of obstetric care in Burkina Faso

From: Evaluating quality of obstetric care in low-resource settings: Building on the literature to design tailor-made evaluation instruments - an illustration in Burkina Faso

    

CMA

CSPS

   

Unit of observation:

Facility

Facility

   

Sources of information:

Staff, dynamic observation, registers

Staff, observation, monthly reports

   

Type of data:

Quantitative

Quantitative

STRUCTURE

Human resources

 

Availability

X

X

   

Qualification

X

X

   

Motivation

  
 

Material resources

 

Drugs/consumables

X

 
   

Equipment

X

X

   

Blood for transfusions

X

 
  

Infrastructure

Buildings

X

X

   

Support services

X

 
   

Means of communication & transport for evacuations

X

X

 

Organizational resources

 

Human resources management

  
   

Registers & medical records

  
   

Obstetric care protocols

  
   

Supervision

  
   

Continuing education

  
   

Quality assurance mechanisms

  
   

Supply logistics

  
   

Repair/maintenance

  
   

Financial arrangements

X

X

   

Links with the community

  

PROCESS

Single interaction

Technical performance

Appropriate interventions

  
   

Competent execution

  
  

Non-technical performance

Interpersonal relationship

  
   

Amenities

  
 

Episode of care

 

Continuity

X

X

   

Comprehensiveness

X

 
   

Timeliness

X

X

OUTCOME

Mother

 

Mortality

  
   

Morbidity

  
   

Abusive expenses

  
   

Satisfaction with care

  
 

Newborn

 

Mortality

  
   

Morbidity