Characteristics of admissions and variations in the use of basic investigations, treatments and outcomes in Kenyan hospitals within a new Clinical Information Network.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lack of detailed information about hospital activities, processes and outcomes hampers planning, performance monitoring and improvement in low-income countries (LIC). Clinical networks offer one means to advance methods for data collection and use, informing wider health system development in time, but are rare in LIC. We report baseline data from a new Clinical Information Network (CIN) in Kenya seeking to promote data-informed improvement and learning.

Methods

Data from 13 hospitals engaged in the Kenyan CIN between April 2014 and March 2015 were captured from medical and laboratory records. We use these data to characterise clinical care and outcomes of hospital admission.

Results

Data were available for a total of 30 042 children aged between 2 months a

SUBMITTER: Ayieko P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4789757 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature