Characteristics of observed deliveries¹.

<p>¹Missing observations are excluded; <10% of observations in each sample; Yates correction applied due to low cell frequencies</p><p>²These questions were not included in the delivery observation module in the Kenya survey.</p><p>Characteristics of observed deliveries<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0129491#t006fn001" target="_blank">¹</a>.</p

QoC Assessment sample sizes.

<p>¹Deliveries were included in analysis if observed at intake, during labor and delivery, and immediately postpartum.</p><p>QoC Assessment sample sizes.</p

Items in the recommended QoPIIPC index.

<p>Items in the recommended QoPIIPC index.</p

Delphi process to identify the key dimensions of QoPIIPC

<p>Delphi process to identify the key dimensions of QoPIIPC</p

Expert surveys and respondent groups.

<p>Expert surveys and respondent groups.</p

Steps in scoring QoPIIPC indices and comparing validation performance.

<p>Steps in scoring QoPIIPC indices and comparing validation performance.</p

Description of 7 potential QoPIIPC indices evaluated across validation benchmarks.

<p>¹Indicates that this index served as a reference model in comparisons of AUROCs and/or likelihood ratio tests.</p><p>Description of 7 potential QoPIIPC indices evaluated across validation benchmarks.</p

Items included in potential QoPIIPC indices¹.

<p>¹Items are provided in the order in which they are expected to be performed over the course of an episode of labor and delivery care.</p><p>Items included in potential QoPIIPC indices<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0129491#t008fn001" target="_blank">¹</a>.</p

AUROCs (discrimination of good total quality score (top 25%)): Comparison of the 3+ index and the recommended index.

<p>AUROCs (discrimination of good total quality score (top 25%)): Comparison of the 3+ index and the recommended index.</p

Summary of index performance across validation domains¹.

<p>¹Each index received 2 points if it was the best performing on the measures of a particular benchmark, and 1 point if it was the second best performing. All other ranks received 0 points and ties were acceptable. The scoring system is described in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0129491#pone.0129491.t003" target="_blank">Table 3</a>.</p><p>Summary of index performance across validation domains<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0129491#t009fn001" target="_blank">¹</a>.</p