Antenatal care data sources and their policy and planning implications: a Palestinian example using the Lives Saved Tool.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Policy making in healthcare requires reliable and local data. Different sources of coverage data for health interventions can be utilized to populate the Lives Saved Tool (LiST), a commonly used policy-planning tool for women and children's health. We have evaluated four existing sources of antenatal care data in Palestine to discuss the implications of their use in LiST.

Methods

We identified all intervention coverage and health status indicators around the antenatal period that could be used to populate LiST. These indicators were calculated from 1) routine reported data, 2) a Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS), 3) paper-based antenatal records and 4) the eRegistry (an electronic health information system) for public clinics in the West Bank, Palestine for

SUBMITTER: Friberg IK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6354562 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature