Table 3.
Available data in Service Provision Assessments (SPA) and Service Availability and Readiness Assessments (SARA) to assess proposed quality standards, statements and measures corresponding to WHO’s Quality of Care (QoC) Framework domains for care around the time of childbirth
| WHO QoC Framework | Proposed WHO metrics that can be assessed | SPA/SARA | |||||
| Dimensions | Domains | Quality standards | Quality statements | Partial quality indicators | Full quality indicators | Data elements | Concepts |
| Cross-cutting (experience and provision of care) |
Essential physical resources | Ο ◆ S8 | QS8.1 | Four input | One input | Infrastructure | Availability and readiness |
| Ο ◆ S8 | QS8.3 | Six input | — | Equipment | |||
| Ο ◆ S8 | QS8.3 | Four input+1 process | — | Medicines | |||
| Ο ◆ S8 | QS8.3 | — | One input | Diagnostics | |||
| Competent and motivated human resources | Ο ◆ S7 | QS7.1 QS7.2 |
One input Two input+1 process |
— One process |
Staff training | ||
| Provision of care | Functional referral systems | Ο ◆ S3 | QS3.2 | — | One input | Referral | Provider practices |
| Actionable information systems | Ο S2 | QS2.1 QS2.2 |
Two input Two input |
— — |
System in place | Information systems | |
O, SPA; ◆, SARA; —, not covered by SPA or SARA.