An urgent call to implement systematic monitoring of a comprehensive set of quality indicators for maternity services.
This commentary paper proposes that historically the lack of significant system wide reform of the sector may be in part related to the quality of evidence that has informed reviews of maternity services. It calls for the implementation of systematic monitoring of a comprehensive set of quality indicators and makes suggestions about how this goal might be achieved.
Bogossian
Fiona
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The University of Queensland, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Herston Campus, Brisbane, QLD 4029, Australia. f.bogossian@uq.edu.au
D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000379:methods*; D006284:Health Plan Implementation / Q000379:methods*; D006285:Health Planning / Q000458:organization & administration; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care