CareTrack Kids—part 2. Assessing the appropriateness of the healthcare delivered to Australian children: study protocol for a retrospective medical record review

• Published in: BMJ open Vol. 5; no. 4; p. e007749
• Main Authors: Hooper, Tamara D, Hibbert, Peter D, Mealing, Nicole, Wiles, Louise K, Jaffe, Adam, White, Les, Cowell, Christopher T, Harris, Mark F, Runciman, William B, Goldstein, Stan, Hallahan, Andrew R, Wakefield, John G, Murphy, Elisabeth, Lau, Annie, Wheaton, Gavin, Williams, Helena M, Hughes, Clifford, Braithwaite, Jeffrey
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 08.04.2015; BMJ Publishing Group
• Subjects: Adolescent; Asthma; Australia; Bias; Child; Child Health Services - standards; Child, Preschool; Children & youth; Clinical Protocols; Compliance; Consent; Ethics; Evidence Based Practice; Guideline Adherence; Health care policy; Hospitals; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Medical Records; Pediatrics - standards; Population; Practice Patterns, Physicians' - standards; Quality Assurance, Health Care; Quality Indicators, Health Care; Researchers; Retrospective Studies; Studies; Australia

Introduction Australian and international clinical practice guidelines are available for common paediatric conditions. Yet there is evidence that there are substantial variations between the guidelines, recommendations (appropriate care) and the care delivered. This paper describes a study protocol...