INDICATORS

Quality Domain:

Supplies, Medicines, and Equipment

Sub-Domain:

Supplies

Definition:

The site has had a continuous supply of the necessary equipment and supplies over the past three months.

Purpose:

Quality abortion care requires continuous stock of equipment and supplies in order to ensure clients can reliably obtain abortion care. Sites with reliable services have lower risks for errors and process failures.

Indicator Applicability:

Health facilities

Pharmacies

Justification for Inclusion:

Statistical association with client outcomes

Quality Threshold:

A site is considered high quality if all supplies have been continuously available for the past three months.

Data Sources:

• For medical abortion-only health facilities: Health Facility Site Checklist questions HF313 and HF314
• For surgical abortion health facilities: Health Facility Site Checklist questions HF313 and HF314 and HF319 to HF323
• For referral health facilities: Health Facility Site Checklist questions HF313 and HF314 and HF319 to HF324
• For pharmacies: Pharmacy Site Checklist question PH309

Details:

The proportion of all site-relevant supply questions for which response option 1 was selected.