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Characteristics of admissions and variations in the use of basic investigations, treatments and outcomes in Kenyan hospitals within a new Clinical Information Network.

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Lack of detailed information about hospital activities, processes and outcomes hampers planning, performance monitoring and improvement in low-income countries (LIC). Clinical networks offer one means to advance methods for data collection and use, informing wider health system development in time, but are rare in LIC. We report baseline data from a new Clinical Information Network (CIN) in Kenya seeking to promote data-informed improvement and learning.Data from 13 hospitals engaged in the K...

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Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1136/archdischild-2015-309269

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Funding agency for:
English, M
Grant:
097170
Publisher:
BMJ Publishing Group Publisher's website
Journal:
Archives of Disease in Childhood Journal website
Volume:
101
Issue:
3
Pages:
223-229
Publication date:
2015-12-01
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EISSN:
1468-2044
ISSN:
0003-9888
Language:
English
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pubs:587030
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uuid:83bc2d66-7c1f-44c8-a939-34beb794abf4
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pubs:587030
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587030
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2016-02-03

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