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Author Organization, World Health

Title Monitoring Emergency Obstetric Care : a Handbook
Published Geneva : World Health Organization, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (161 pages)
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Preface; Executive summary; 1. Introduction; 2. Indicators for EmOC; 3. Collecting data for the indicators; References; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C
Summary This handbook is an update of an earlier publication on monitoring the availability and use of obstetric services issued by UNICEF WHO and UNFPA in 1997. The indicators defined within the publication have been used by ministries of health, international agencies and program managers in over 50 countries around the world. This revision incorporates changes based on monitoring and assessment conducted worldwide and the emerging evidence on the topic over the years and has been agreed by an international panel of experts. It includes two new indicators and an additional signal function with updat
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 54-59)
Notes English
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Subject Obstetrical emergencies -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Emergency medical services -- Quality control -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Maternal health services -- Quality control -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Health services accessibility -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Health status indicators -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Mothers -- Mortality -- Prevention -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Hospital wards.
Mortality.
Emergency medical services.
Reproductive health services.
Methodology.
Hospitals -- Emergency services.
Mothers -- Mortality.
Obstetrics.
Health services administration.
Vital statistics.
Hospitals -- Business management.
Hospitals -- Administration.
National health services.
Public health.
Demography.
Organization.
Medical care.
Health facilities.
Medical personnel.
Statistics -- Methodology
Epidemiologic Methods
Hospital Departments
Mortality
Information Science
Emergency Medical Services
Investigative Techniques
Quality of Health Care
Specialties, Surgical
Community Health Services
Reproductive Health Services
Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms
Data Collection
Methods
Emergency Service, Hospital
Maternal Mortality
Maternal Health Services
Quality Indicators, Health Care
Obstetrics
Health Services Administration
Vital Statistics
Hospital Administration
Health Services
Public Health
Medicine
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services
Demography
Organization and Administration
Delivery of Health Care
Health Facilities
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
Health Occupations
Environment and Public Health
Epidemiologic Measurements
Population Characteristics
Disciplines and Occupations
Hospital Units
Data Collection -- methods
Patient Care Management
Patient Care Management -- methods
State Medicine
Health Workforce
Health Personnel
Patient Care
hospital wards.
mortality.
emergency medical centers.
methodology.
emergency rooms.
public health.
demography.
health facilities.
Vital statistics
Reproductive health services
Public health
Organization
Obstetrics
National health services
Mothers -- Mortality
Mortality
Methodology
Medical personnel
Medical care
Hospitals -- Emergency services
Hospitals -- Business management
Hospitals -- Administration
Hospital wards
Health services administration
Health facilities
Emergency medical services
Demography
Emergency medical services -- Quality control
Health services accessibility
Health status indicators
Maternal health services -- Quality control
Mothers -- Mortality -- Prevention
Obstetrical emergencies
Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789240684171
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