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Table 2 Indicators of progress

From: “Quality teaches you how to use water. It doesn’t provide a water pump”: a qualitative study of context and mechanisms of action in an Ethiopian quality improvement program

Indicator

Numerator

Denominator*

ANC coverage

Percentage of women who attended at least 4 ANC visits (ANC4)

Number of women who attended at least four ANC visits (range 1-115 women)

Number of expected pregnancies (range 43–226 pregnancies)

ANC quality

Percentage of pregnant women attending ANC tested for syphilis

Number of pregnant women tested for syphilis during their first ANC visit (range 0-395 women)

Number of pregnant women who attended first ANC visit (range 11–395 women)

Delivery management coverage

Percentage of births attended by skilled health personnel (SBA)

Number of births attended by skilled health personnel (range 3-143 deliveries)

Number of expected deliveries (range 43–226 deliveries)

PNC coverage

Percentage of women who attended postnatal care 48 h after delivery (PNC-48)

Number of postnatal visits within 48 h of delivery (range 0-103 visits)

Number of expected deliveries (range 43–226 deliveries)

  1. *Calculated using a nationally standardized system guided by the Central Statistics Agency (CSA) census data