INDICATORS

Quality Domain:

Supplies, Medicines, and Equipment

Sub-Domain:

Supply chains and stockouts

Definition:

The site has had a continuous supply of the necessary medications for a medical abortion over the past three months.

Purpose:

Quality abortion care requires continuous supply of medications for medical abortion (misoprostol, and mifepristone where applicable) in order to ensure that clients can reliably obtain medical abortion care and have options for abortion method where possible.

Indicator Applicability:

Health facilities

Pharmacies

Justification for Inclusion:

Expert review panel

Quality Threshold:

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

Data Sources:

• For health facilities stocking only misoprostol for medical abortions: Health Facility Site Checklist questions HF325 and HF328 to HF335
• For health facilities stocking both misoprostol and mifepristone for medical abortions: Health Facility Site Checklist questions HF326 to HF335
• For pharmacies stocking only misoprostol for medical abortions: Pharmacy Site Checklist questions PH310 and PH313 to PH320
• For pharmacies stocking both misoprostol and mifepristone for medical abortions: Pharmacy Site Checklist questions PH310 to PH320

Details:

For health facilities, the following are considered the correct response options:

1. Response options 1 for HF325 to HF327
2. Response option 1 OR 2 for HF328 to HF333
3. Response option 3 for HF334
4. Response option 1 for HF335

For pharmacies, the following are considered the correct response options:

1. Response options 1 for PH310 to PH312
2. Response option 1 OR 2 for PH313 to PH318
3. Response option 3 for PH319
4. Response option 1 for PH320