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Among these women, those who survive (near-miss cases) can offer insights into the determinants, providing valuable lessons for understanding underlying factors.\n\nAim:\u00a0To investigate elements of continuity and coordination leading to obstetric near misses.\n\nSetting:\u00a0A major referral hospital and its referral pathway in Kenya.\n\nMethods:\u00a0Explanatory sequential mixed-methods design.\n\nResults:\u00a0Near-miss survivors had lower continuity and coordination of care indices during antenatal visits (COCI = 0.80,\u00a0p\u00a0= 0.0026), (modified continuity of care index [MCCI] = 0.62,\u00a0p\u00a0= 0.034), and those with non-life-threatening morbidity in the first trimester were more likely to experience a near miss (aOR = 4.34,\u00a0p\u00a0= 0.001). Facilities in the western region had a higher burden of near misses compared to the Eastern region. Qualitatively, three deductive themes were identified:\u00a0sequential coordination, parallel coordination and continuity, along with factors classified as\u00a0access.\u00a0In mixed integration, poor continuity indices were explained by quality of interpersonal relationships and woman centredness. Poor coordination was explained by inadequate teamwork between providers in referring and referral facilities and between primary health facilities and the community. Higher near-miss rates in the western region resulted from differences in human and physical resources.\n\nConclusion:\u00a0Promoting woman-centred care, teamwork, improving communication and introducing innovative coordination roles like case and care managers can enhance continuity and coordination of maternal healthcare.\n\nContributions:\u00a0This study contributes to our understanding of the challenges of continuity and coordination in maternal healthcare in resource-poor settings by applying the WHO operationalisation of continuity and coordination using mixed methodology.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4102\/hsag.v29i0.2421","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,4,23]],"date-time":"2024-04-23T02:55:47Z","timestamp":1713840947000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4102\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["A mixed methods study on continuity and care coordination based on the obstetric near miss 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