Maternal Healthcare Delivery System Flashcards
Sum total of all orgs, inst., and resources whose primary purpose is to improve health
Healthcare System
Needs of the Healthcare System
staff, funds, information, supplies, transport, communications, management/overall guidance and direction
Formula for Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR)
Maternal Deaths/100, 000 LIVE births
Within how many days of termination of pregnancy (due to complications within the pregnancy and its management itself and NOT due to accidents or incidental causes)
42 days
MDG target per 100, 000 live births
55 by 2015
Common complications resulting to maternal mortality in the Philippines
hemorrhage, sepsis, obstructed labor, hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, unsafe abortion
MMR as of 2005
230/100K
Expected MMR by 2015
140-160/100K
What kind of delivery is encouraged?
facility-based (in healthcare institutions, with competent personnel and equipment)
Components of Maternal Health Care System
Insurance, Providers (Doctors, Midwives, Birth Attendance), Employers, Gov’t, Patients
3 Levels of Care in the MNCHN Service Delivery Network
1) Community level service providers, 2) Basic emergency obstetrics and newborn care (BEmONC), 3) Comprehensive Emergency Obstetrics and Newborn Care (CEmONC)
6 Signal OB functions in BEmONC Facilities
Administer Oxytocin (3rd Stage) Administer anticonvulsants Initial dose of antibiotics Assisted deliveries Removal of retained products of conceptions Manual removal of placenta
6 Signal OB functions in CEmONC Facilities
CS Blood transfusion Neonatal interventions Resuscitations Neonatal sepsis/infection Oxygen support Mx of low birth weight or premature newborn
A case rate form of payment common in the Philippines
PhilHealth
For HMO carriers, which subsidies will be deducted from the original fee?
HMO and PhilHealth