title: Program note: Using UN process indicators to assess needs in emergency obstetric services: Bolivia, El Salvador and Honduras.
abstract: The UN process indicators are used to assess the availability, utilization and quality of emergency obstetric care (EmOC). Needs assessments for EmOC in Bolivia, El Salvador and Honduras show reasonable availability of comprehensive EmOC facilities for their population sizes, but a scarcity of basic facilities. Utilization rates among women with obstetric complications are high in El Salvador and Honduras. Case fatality rates tend to be below 1% in all three countries, but the more rural areas in each have poorer indicators.
authors.affiliation: pbailey@fhi.org
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bailey
mesh_terms: D001723:Birth Rate; D001838:Bolivia; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D004544:El Salvador; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006721:Honduras; D006801:Humans; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D020380:Needs Assessment; D011247:Pregnancy; D017064:Process Assessment, Health Care