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Program note: applying the UN Process indicators for emergency obstetric care to the United States
Author(s) -
Lobis S.,
Fry D.,
Paxton A.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/j.ijgo.2004.11.025
Subject(s) - medicine , medical emergency , environmental health , developing country , economic growth , economics
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.