Systematic review of the quality of care provided to sick children in Ethiopian health facilities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite the increasing number of primary studies on the quality of health care for sick children in Ethiopia, the findings have not been systematically synthesised to inform quality improvement in policies or strategies. This systematic review provides a narrative synthesis of published evidence on the quality of care provided to sick children in Ethiopia's health facilities and on related barriers and enablers.

Methods

We searched studies that measured the structure, process, and outcome measures of quality of care as proposed by Donabedian's framework. We searched in PubMed/Medline, EMBASE, and Web of Science using the Population, Concept, and Context (PCC) framework. Grey literature was searched in Google Scholar and institutional websites. We appraised the stu

SUBMITTER: Bayou NB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11525845 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature