A scoring system as a tool for antenatal care audit in family medicine.

Objective: To propose the antenatal assessment score (AAS) as a tool for auditing the process of antenatal care in family medicine, and to highlight its accessibility by applying it at 2 family health care centers.

Methods: A descriptive study of an audit process was conducted in 2 primary health care centers (non commissioned officers' [NCO] and officers' health centers [OC]) belonging to the Department of Family Medicine, Armed Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from February 2001 to June 2002. A systematic random sample of patients registered at the maternal registers of both centers was selected.