Assessing the appropriateness of the management of upper respiratory tract infection in Australian children: a population-based sample survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the proportion of Australian children aged 0-15 years that received care in line with clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) for upper respiratory tract infections (URTIs).

Design

Retrospective medical record review using a multistage sampling strategy.

Setting

General practices, hospital emergency departments and hospital inpatient service providers in three Australian states.

Participants

Children aged up to 15 years who received care for URTI in 2012 and 2013.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The primary assessment was estimated adherence with 14 indicators of appropriate care as documented in medical records. Indicators were extracted from national and international CPGs and ratified by experts. Secondary assessment was adheren

SUBMITTER: Long JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6530449 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature