Table 2.
Five Case Study Initiatives Compared Against the Best Practice Criteria
| Project/Criteria | Shaman's Clinic & MM Clinic (Suriname) | Comadronas Midwifery (Guatemala) | Makewe Hospital/Boroa (Chile) | Jambi Hausi/Midwife and Yachac Associations (Ecuador) | CRIC/AIC/IPS (Colombia) |
| Impact | pm | nm | pm | pm | pm |
| Sustainability | pm | nm | pm | pm | m |
| Responsiveness and Relevant | m | pm | m | pm | m |
| Client Focus | m | pm | m | m | m |
| Access | m | pm | m | m (urban) | m |
| Coordination & Integration | m | nm | m | pm | m |
| Efficiency & Flexibility | pm | pm | pm | pm | pm |
| Leadership | pm | pm | m | m | m |
| Innovation | m | pm | m | m | m |
| Potential for Replication | pm | pm | pm | pm | pm |
| Health/Policy Identification or Resolution | pm | pm | m | pm | m |
| Capacity for Evaluation | pm | nm | pm | nm | pm |
| Criterion | |||||
| m = met | 5 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
| pm = partially met | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| nm = not met | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |