Maternal near miss refers to :

Near miss moality For every woman who dies, many suffer serious life threatening complications of pregnancy. The continuum of maternal health to moality is normal pregnancy --morbidity--severe morbidity--near miss moality--death. As near miss occurs more frequently than maternal death a more reliable assessment of the quality of maternity services can be made. TEXTBOOK OF OBSTETRICS,SHEILA BALAKRISHNAN,Pg no:587,2nd edition