FRONTIERS PROJECT
Sustainability of Postabortion Care

In collaboration with the Ministry of Health, Ipas conducted this study in 2000 to assess the sustainability of changes made during a 1997 intervention to improve postabortion care (PAC) at a large urban hospital. Comparison of data from the 1997 study with this three-year follow-up shows that the PAC model is sustainable and benefits both the institution and the patients. PAC services were well integrated with other emergency services, and more than 80 percent of women treated received family planning counseling and left with a contraceptive method. Hospital costs and patient fees decreased, although the time spent in the hospital increased marginally.
 

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Location

Peru

Duration

September 2000–February 2002

Population Council researchers

Joanne Gleason, Celeste Marin

Non-Council collaborators

Ipas

Peru Ministry of Health

Donor

US Agency for International Development

Publications/Resources
Council researchers' names appear in boldface type. 

2004
"Peru: Leadership facilitates sustainability of postabortion care services," FRONTIERS OR Summary no. 42. Washington, DC: Population Council. (full text)

2002
Benson, Janie and Victor Huayapa. "Sustainability of postabortion care in Peru," FRONTIERS Final Report. Washington, DC: Population Council. Population Council. (PDF), 685 KB)

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See Also

• Peru
• Operations Research
• General Quality of Care
• Postabortion Care
• Technical Assistance/Institution Building
• FRONTIERS Peru
• FRONTIERS Technical Assistance/Institution Building
• FRONTIERS Postabortion Care
• FRONTIERS Quality of Care Improvement

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