Understanding challenges as they impact on hospital-level care for pre-eclampsia in rural Ethiopia: a qualitative study.

Objective: To explore hospital-level care for pre-eclampsia in Ethiopia, considering the perspectives of those affected and healthcare providers, in order to understand barriers and facilitators to early detection, care escalation and appropriate management.

Setting: A primary and a general hospital in southern Ethiopia.

Participants: Women with lived experience of pre-eclampsia care in the hospital, families of women deceased due to pre-eclampsia, midwives, doctors, integrated emergency surgical officers and healthcare managers.