Title: A practical approach to identifying maternal deaths missed from routine hospital reports : lessons from Indonesia

Authors: Qomariyah, Siti Nurul

Place: [Bethesda

Publisher: National center for biotechnology information (NCBI)]

Year: 2009

Journal: Global health action

PAGE: --

Subject: Maternal Health – Lessons Learned

Keywords: health statistics, health information, mortality, maternal welfare, hospitals, indonesia

Abstract: This article is about the utility of a new approach to identify maternal deaths in hospitals. This is important as current studies show that routine methods of identifying maternal deaths in facilities underestimate the number by more than one-half.

URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2779932/pdf/GHA-2-1905.pdf

Document type: E-article