Indicators for continuous quality improvement for otitis media in primary health care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

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作者
Sibthorpe, Beverly [1 ]
Agostino, Jason [2 ,3 ]
Coates, Harvey [3 ]
Weeks, Sharon [4 ]
Lehmann, Deborah [4 ]
Wood, Marianne [5 ]
Lannigan, Francis [3 ]
McAullay, Daniel [6 ]
机构
[1] A14 Mainsail, Port Macquarie, NSW 2444, Australia
[2] Australian Natl Univ, Acad Unit Gen Practice, POB 11, Woden, ACT 2606, Australia
[3] Univ Western Australia, Sch Paediat & Child Hlth, GPO Box D184, Perth, WA 6840, Australia
[4] Univ Western Australia, Telethon Kids Inst, POB 855, Perth, WA 6872, Australia
[5] Aboriginal Hlth Council Western Australia, 450 Beaufort St, Highgate, WA 6003, Australia
[6] Edith Cowan Univ, 2 Bradfield St, Mt Lawley, WA 6050, Australia
关键词
Indigenous health; MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY;
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10.1071/PY16096
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R19 [保健组织与事业(卫生事业管理)];
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摘要
Otitis media is a common, generally self-limiting childhood illness that can progress to severe disease and have lifelong sequelae, including hearing loss and developmental delays. Severe disease is disproportionately prevalent among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. Primary health care is at the frontline of appropriate prevention and treatment. Continuous quality improvement in the prevention and management of important causes of morbidity in client populations is accepted best practice in primary health care and now a requirement of Australian Government funding to services providing care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. To date, there have been no indicators for continuous quality improvement in the prevention and management of otitis media and its sequelae in primary health care. Through an expert group consensus process, seven evidence-based indicators, potentially extractable from electronic health records, have been developed. The development process and indicators are described.
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