Quality improvement collaborative to increase access to caesarean sections: lessons from Bihar, India
C-section availability increased for a population of women giving birth following initiation of QI BTS collaborative in a low-income country public sector setting that has historically struggled to provide this service. Addition of obstetric and operating room resources alone, without interventions to support system changes, may not result in additional increase in C-section delivery. The adaptive implementation model may contribute to efforts to provide more access to C-sections in other very resource-limited settings.
Authors
- Pierre Barker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0963-0899)
- Sanjiv Daulatrao
- Tanmay Mahapatra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5401-2045)
- Abha Mehndiratta
- Sunil Babu
- Sridhar Srikantiah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7536-9625)
- Vikas Pandey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5184-8149)
- Sharmila B. Mukherjee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3184-464X)
- Pramod Sah
- Prabir Ranjan Moharana
- Stephano Simba
- Srinivas Kodiyath
- Rahul Shastri
Institutions
- Care India (IN)
- Institute for Healthcare Improvement (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Quality & Safety
- Published
- 2025-02-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2024-017454
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.99
Funders
- Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation