Bottom-up development of national obstetric guidelines in middle-income country Suriname.
Kim J C VerschuerenLachmi R KodanTom K BrinkmanRaez R PaidinSheran S HenarHumphrey H H KanhaiJoyce L BrowneMarcus J RijkenKitty W M BloemenkampPublished in: BMC health services research (2019)
Development of national context-tailored guidelines is achievable in a middle-income country when using a 'bottom-up' approach that involves all obstetric health care providers and stakeholders in the earliest phase. We hope the descriptive process of guideline development is helpful for other countries in need of nationwide guidelines.