In addition, the model was chosen because of its wide use in low- and middle-income settings for identifying barriers to optimal maternal health decision-making, women's recognition of obstetric problems, and women's access to and receipt of facility-based maternal care.
We identified receipt of testing at VA facilities, at non-VA facilities paid by VA and at non-VA facilities paid by Medicare.
The combined effect of distant facilities and few service providers resulted into long queues at the immunisation facilities and long waiting times before receipt of services at public facilities.
15 We identified recent healthcare exposure in the 8 weeks preceding admission, including any hospital admission, emergency department visit, same-day surgery procedure, residence in a long-term care facility, receipt of outpatient haemodialysis, outpatient chemotherapy or home-care treatment.
As a result, to maintain specificity in tracking high-risk cases, scripted responses were developed to questions regarding 1) contact with unknown substances, 2) the receipt of mail through a facility that had been contaminated with B. anthracis, and 3) the report of clinically unconfirmed signs or symptoms (5, 7).
As a result, standardized response protocols to address the handling of suspicious packages and powders and the receipt of mail through contaminated facilities were developed (5, 7).
We assessed the linkages, including referrals and receipt of patients, between public facilities and the private providers we surveyed, as well as among private providers themselves.
Detailed patient characteristics for each of the previously described cohorts and sub-cohorts are presented in Additional File 4. Upon receipt of records from treating facilities, CSP chart abstractors identified and photocopied the kidney cancer surgery operative report (or the relevant hospital discharge summary for one case).
Standardising the colour display across elastography systems so that, for example, soft tissues are consistently blue and stiff tissues consistently red, would avoid confusion in centres with multiple different systems or on receipt of images from outside facilities, and should urgently be addressed.
Severe disease was defined as diarrhea with overnight hospitalization at a health facility and receipt of IV fluids, moderate disease as diarrhea and a visit to a health facility but not meeting criteria for severe disease, and mild disease as diarrhea without a health facility visit.
However, data on time-to-discharge after facility delivery, receipt of postpartum messaging by time to discharge and women's experiences in the time preceding discharge from a facility after childbirth are limited.
