Disparities in Guideline Adherence for Febrile Infants in a National Quality Improvement Project.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Interventions aimed to standardize care may impact racial and ethnic disparities. We evaluated the association of race and ethnicity with adherence to recommendations from the American Academy of Pediatrics' clinical practice guideline for febrile infants after a quality improvement (QI) intervention.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional study of infants aged 8 to 60 days enrolled in a QI collaborative of 99 hospitals. Data were collected across 2 periods: baseline (November 2020-October 2021) and intervention (November 2021-October 2022). We assessed guideline-concordance through adherence to project measures by infant race and ethnicity using proportion differences compared with the overall proportion.

Results

Our study included 16 961 infants. At basel

SUBMITTER: McDaniel CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11350103 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature