title: Setting up a clinical audit of paediatric morbidity in Hong Kong: some early experiences.
abstract: A method of clinical audit was devised to document paediatric morbidity patterns at the Prince of Wales Hospital, a new 1428 bed general hospital serving the eastern part of the Hong Kong New Territories (with a current population of about 750,000). The applicability of the method is illustrated by considering morbidity in 1654 children aged from 1 month to 12 years admitted to the hospital over a 13 month period in 1984-85.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006723:Hong Kong; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009017:Morbidity; D010372:Pediatrics; D014600:Utilization Review / Q000379:methods*