Implementation of the WHO Standards to assess the quality of paediatric care using health workers as source of data: findings of a multicentre study (CHOICE) in Italy.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

There is little experience in implementing the WHO Standards for improving the quality of care (QOC) for children. We describe the use of 75 WHO-Standard based Quality Measures to assess paediatric QOC, using health workers (HWs) as data sources.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

12 Italian hospitals.

Participants

The minimum target of 75% of HWs was reached in all facilities; answers from 598 HWs were analysed.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

75 prioritised WHO Quality Measures were collected using a validated, and Italian-language questionnaire exploring views of HWs providing care to children. A QOC index was also calculated based on the assessed Quality Measures.

Results

In both the domain of resources and work organisati

SUBMITTER: Liguoro I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11664344 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature