Association of the Paediatric Admission Quality of Care score with mortality in Kenyan hospitals: a validation study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Measuring the quality of hospital admission care is essential to ensure that standards of practice are met and continuously improved to reduce morbidity and mortality associated with the illnesses most responsible for inpatient deaths. The Paediatric Admission Quality of Care (PAQC) score is a tool for measuring adherence to guidelines for children admitted with acute illnesses in a low-income setting. We aimed to explore the external and criterion-related validity of the PAQC score by investigating its association with mortality using data drawn from a diverse sample of Kenyan hospitals.

Methods

We identified children admitted to Kenyan hospitals for treatment of malaria, pneumonia, diarrhoea, or dehydration from datasets from three sources: an observational stud

SUBMITTER: Opondo C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5785367 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature