Quality of Health Care for Children in Australia, 2012-2013.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The quality of routine care for children is rarely assessed, and then usually in single settings or for single clinical conditions.

Objective

To estimate the quality of health care for children in Australia in inpatient and ambulatory health care settings.

Design, setting, and participants

Multistage stratified sample with medical record review to assess adherence with quality indicators extracted from clinical practice guidelines for 17 common, high-burden clinical conditions (noncommunicable [n = 5], mental health [n = 4], acute infection [n = 7], and injury [n = 1]), such as asthma, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, tonsillitis, and head injury. For these 17 conditions, 479 quality indicators were identified, with the number varying by condition,

SUBMITTER: Braithwaite J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5885883 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature