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 FrameworkProposed WHO metrics that can be assessedSPA/SARA
DimensionsDomainsQuality standardsQuality statementsPartial quality indicatorsFull quality indicatorsData elementsConcepts
Cross-cutting
(experience and provision of care)
Essential physical resourcesΟ ◆ S8QS8.1Four inputOne inputInfrastructureAvailability and readiness
Ο ◆ S8QS8.3Six inputEquipment
Ο ◆ S8QS8.3Four input+1 processMedicines
Ο ◆ S8QS8.3One inputDiagnostics
Competent and motivated human resourcesΟ ◆ S7QS7.1
QS7.2
One input
Two input+1 process

One process
Staff training
Provision of careFunctional referral systemsΟ ◆ S3QS3.2One inputReferralProvider practices
Actionable information systemsΟ S2QS2.1
QS2.2
Two input
Two input

System in placeInformation systems
  • O, SPA; ◆, SARA; —, not covered by SPA or SARA.