CareTrack Kids - Part 1. Assessing the appropriateness of healthcare delivered to Australian children: Study protocol for clinical indicator development

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Wiles, Louise K ^a,b   Hooper, Tamara D ^a,b   Hibbert, Peter D ^b   White, Les ^c,d,e   Mealing, Nicole ^b   Jaffe, Adam ^c,d   Cowell, Christopher T ^f,g   Harris, Mark F ^h   Runciman, William B ^a,b,i   Goldstein, Stan ^j   Hallahan, Andrew R ^k   Wakefield, John G ^k   Murphy, Elisabeth ^e   Lau, Annie ^b   Wheaton, Gavin ^l   Williams, Helena M ^m   Hughes, Clifford ⁿ   Braithwaite, Jeffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d SYDNEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e New South Wales Health   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

ⁱ Australian Patient Safety Foundation Inc   (Australia)

^j Bupa Australia   (Australia)

^k LADY CILENTO CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^l Division of Paediatric Medicine Women's and Children's Health Network   (Australia)

^m Russell Clinic   (Australia)

ⁿ Clinical Excellence Commission   (Australia)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ALLERGY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUSTRALIA; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRONCHIOLITIS; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL INDICATOR; DELPHI STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECZEMA; ERYTHROCYTE DISORDER; FEVER; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTOXICATION; LEARNING DISORDER; LEUKEMIA; OTITIS MEDIA; SKIN DISEASE; TONSILLITIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INFANT; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84929336203     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-007748     Document Type: Article

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