A cooperation agreement between the Ministry of Health (MOH) of Kyrgyz Republic and WHO-EURO was established, for the implementation of a WHO Project to improve the quality of pediatric care in the referral hospitals. The pilot regions selected for this intervention are the three northern regions of Thalas, Chiu and Issik-Kul Region in Kyrgyz Republic. The MOH project will be implemented at a first stage in a group of 10 pilot hospitals, randomly selected among the existing hospitals in the above cited regions. Pilot Hospitals will be compared to "control hospitals", which are the hospitals in the region not receiving the intervention, using a pre-defined set of indicators of quality of care. The results of the present evaluation on the pilot hospitals will provide data that will inform the MOH on how better to scale up this project at a national scale.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
4,626
1. Training for local trainers and medical staff on the National Adaptation of the WHO guidelines "Pocket Book of Hospital Care for Children". 2. Regular supporting supervision and monitoring at hospital level aimed at a sustainable improvement of the quality of the paediatric hospital care
Thalas, Chiu and Issik-Kul Regions
Thalas, Chiu, Issik-Kul, Kyrgyzstan
Quality of Care
Quality of Care will be measured using 10 pre-defined indicators 1. Inappropriate hospitalisation (i.e. versus WHO standards) 2. Increased risk of iatrogenic adverse effects (i.e unnecessary poly-therapy, compared to WHO standards) 3. Unnecessary pain (i.e. unnecessary injections or other invasive procedures, as compared to WHO standards) 4. Incorrect Diagnosis (i.e. versus WHO standards) 5. Incorrect Treatment (i.e. versus WHO standards) 6. Inconsistency between diagnosis and treatment (i.e. versus WHO standards) 7. Inadequate Monitoring: (i.e. versus WHO standards) 8. Lack of nutritional evaluation (i.e. versus WHO standards) 9. Incorrect use of IV fluids (i.e. versus WHO standards)
Time frame: 12 months
Primary outcome
Children with concomitant presence of all the following three indicators of case management: 1) unnecessary hospitalization; 2) increased risk of iatrogenic adverse effects; 3) unnecessary painful procedures
Time frame: 12 months
Outcomes of QoC
Summary scores according to the WHO Quality Asessment Tool
Time frame: 12 months
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