Region | Country | Authors | Year | Title/journal | Policy/law | Setting/design/sample | Quality indicators | |
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1 | South Asia | Sri Lanka | Arambepola et al.19 | 2014 | Usual hospital care vs post-abortion care for women with unsafe abortion: a case-control study from Sri Lanka BMC Health Services Research | Heavily restricted*36 | Nine government hospitals in 8/24 districts of Sri Lanka Quantitative: unmatched case-control study
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2 | South Asia | Nepal | Rocca et al.21 | 2014 | Post-abortion contraception a decade after legalisation of abortion in Nepal International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics | Legal†37 | Two non-government clinics and two public hospitals in Kathmandu and Terai region Quantitative: Prospective cohort study
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3 | East Asia and Pacific | Vietnam | Nguyễn et al.23 | 2007 | Situation analysis of quality of abortion care in the Main Maternity Hospital in Hải Phòng, Viet Nam Reproductive Health Matters | Legal‡36 | One public hospital (Phu-San Hospital)Qualitative and quantitative: evaluation
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4 | Latin America and the Caribbean | Mexico | Becker et al.24 | 2013 | Women's reports on post-abortion family-planning services provided by the public sector legal abortion program in Mexico City International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics | Legal in study setting§36 37 | Three government facilities: general hospital, maternity hospital and primary health centre Quantitative
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5 | Latin America and the Caribbean | Dominican Republic | McCarraher et al.25 | 2010 | Meeting the needs of adolescent post-abortion care patients in the Dominican Republic Journal of Biosocial Science | Strictly illegal¶36 37 | Three public hospitals in Santo Domingo and one in La Romana Qualitative: evaluation of intervention Non-experimental pre/post-test design
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6 | Sub-Saharan Africa | Kenya | Tavrow et al.29 | 2012 | Age matters: differential impact of service quality on contraceptive uptake among post-abortion clients in Kenya Culture Health & Sexuality | Legal with provisions**37 | One private medical clinic Quantitative and quantitative
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7 | Sub-Saharan Africa | Kenya | Evens et al.30 | 2014 | Post-abortion care services for youth and adult clients in Kenya: a comparison of services, client satisfaction and provider attitudes Journal of Biosocial Science | Legal with provisions6 37 | Eight public hospitals in Central and Nairobi provinces Qualitative
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8 | Sub-Saharan Africa | Mozambique | Gallo et al.31 | 2004 | An assessment of abortion services in public health facilities in Mozambique: women's and providers' perspectives Reproductive Health Matters | Legal††36 [NB. Abortion was legal with provisions at the time of the study.] | 37 public hospitals and four health centres in the 10 provinces of Mozambique Quantitative: interviews with closed-ended questionnaires
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9 | Sub-Saharan Africa | Ethiopia | Tesfaye and Oljira35 | 2013 | Post-abortion care quality status in health facilities of Guraghe zone, Ethiopia Reproductive Health | Legal with provisions‡‡37 | 26 centres, one public hospital, two non-government hospitals in Guraghe zone Qualitative and quantitative: cross-sectional study
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*Sri Lanka: abortion is illegal with the explicit exception to save the women's life.
†Nepal: abortion is legal without restriction as to reason during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, and thereafter on specific grounds.
‡Vietnam: abortion is legal without restriction as to reason; law does not indicate gestational limit.
§Mexico: federal system in which abortion law is determined at state level; in Mexico City abortion is legal without restriction during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.
¶Dominican Republic: abortion, for any reason, is strictly prohibited.
**Kenya: abortion is legal to save a woman's life or health or where emergency treatment is needed.
††Mozambique: in 2014 abortion was legalised without restriction as to reason during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, and thereafter on specific grounds. In 2004 when the study was conducted, it was legal only to save the women's life.
‡‡Ethiopia: abortion is legal to save a woman's life, to protect her health or in cases of rape, incest or fetal impairment. Also permitted when a woman is a minor, or physically or mentally injured or disabled.
IDI, in-depth interview; PAC, post-abortion care.