Program note: applying the UN process indicators for emergency obstetric care to the United States.
The United Nations Process Indicators for emergency obstetric care (EmOC) have been used extensively in countries with high maternal mortality ratios (MMR) to assess the availability, utilization and quality of EmOC services. To compare the situation in high MMR countries to that of a low MMR country, data from the United States were used to determine EmOC service availability, utilization and quality. As was expected, the United States was found to have an adequate amount of good-quality EmOC services that are used by the majority of women with life-threatening obstetric complications.
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Averting Maternal Death and Disability Program, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, 60 Haven Avenue, Level B-3, New York, NY, USA. SJL54@columbia.edu
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D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000600:supply & distribution; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000600:supply & distribution; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000628:therapy; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care; D014480:United Nations; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology