TY - JOUR AU - Chou, Doris AU - Tunçalp, Özge AU - Firoz, Tabassum AU - Barreix, Maria AU - Filippi, Veronique AU - von Dadelszen, Peter AU - van den Broek, Nynke AU - Cecatti, Jose Guilherme AU - Say, Lale AU - on behalf of the Maternal Morbidity Working Group PY - 2016 DA - 2016/03/02 TI - Constructing maternal morbidity – towards a standard tool to measure and monitor maternal health beyond mortality JO - BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth SP - 45 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - Maternal morbidity is a complex entity and its presentation and severity are on a spectrum. This paper describes the conceptualization and development of a definition for maternal morbidity, and the framework for its measurement: the maternal morbidity matrix, which is the foundation for measuring maternal morbidity, thus, the assessment tool. SN - 1471-2393 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-015-0789-4 DO - 10.1186/s12884-015-0789-4 ID - Chou2016 ER -