INDICATORS

Quality Domain:

Decision Making

Sub-Domain:

Client choice, autonomy, absence of coercion

Definition:

Clients did not feel obligated to use a contraceptive method after their abortion.

Purpose:

Quality abortion care requires a person-centered approach to the provision of contraception; contraception should be provided only when the client has given free and informed consent to receive it.

Indicator Applicability:

Health Facilities

Pharmacies

Hotlines

Justification for Inclusion:

Statistical association with client outcomes

Quality Threshold:

A point of service is considered as meeting this indicator’s quality threshold if 90% or more of clients reported not feeling obligated to use a contraceptive method after their abortion.

Data Sources:

• For health facilities: Health Facility Client Exit Interview question HF129
• For pharmacies: Pharmacy Client Exit Interview question PH124
• For hotlines: Hotline Client Exit Interview question HL120

Details:

The proportion of clients answering with response option 2 to question HF129/PH124/HL120