INDICATORS

Quality Domain:

Supplies, Medicines, and Equipment

Sub-Domain:

Supply chain and stockouts

Definition:

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

Purpose:

Quality abortion care requires continuous supply of surgical abortion equipment and supplies in order to ensure that facilities can reliably provide surgical abortion services. Sites with reliable services have lower risks for errors and process failures.

Indicator Applicability:

Health facilities

Justification for Inclusion:

Statistical association with client outcomes

Quality Threshold:

A site is considered high quality if 100% of surveyed equipment and supplies have been continuously available for the past three months.

Data Source:

• For health facilities providing surgical abortions: Health Facility Site Checklist question HF315 to HF318

Details:

The proportion of all four questions scored as response option 1