title: CareTrack Kids-part 1. Assessing the appropriateness of healthcare delivered to Australian children: study protocol for clinical indicator development.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Despite the widespread availability of clinical guidelines, considerable gaps remain between the care that is recommended (appropriate care) and the care provided. This protocol describes a research methodology to develop clinical indicators for appropriate care for common paediatric conditions.
  
  
  METHODS
  We will identify conditions amenable to population-level appropriateness of care research and develop clinical indicators for each condition. Candidate conditions have been identified from published research; burden of disease, prevalence and frequency of presentation data; and quality of care priority lists. Clinical indicators will be developed through searches of national and international guidelines, and formatted with explicit criteria for inclusion, exclusion, time frame and setting. Experts will review the indicators using a wiki-based approach and modified Delphi process. A formative evaluation of the wiki process will be undertaken.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Human Research Ethics Committee approvals have been received from Sydney Children's Hospital Network, Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service, and the Women's and Children's Health Network (South Australia). Applications are under review with Macquarie University and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. We will submit the results of the study to relevant journals and offer national and international presentations.
authors: Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences, Centre for Sleep Research, School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors: Louise K
authors: LK
authors: Wiles
authors: Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences, Centre for Sleep Research, School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors: Tamara D
authors: TD
authors: Hooper
authors: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors: Peter D
authors: PD
authors: Hibbert
authors: Discipline of Paediatrics, School of Women's and Children's Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Sydney Children's Hospital, Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia New South Wales Health, NSW Kids and Families, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors: Les
authors: L
authors: White
authors: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors: Nicole
authors: N
authors: Mealing
authors: Discipline of Paediatrics, School of Women's and Children's Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Department of Respiratory Medicine, Sydney Children's Hospital, Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia.
authors: Adam
authors: A
authors: Jaffe
authors: Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Institute of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney Children's Hospitals Network, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia.
authors: Christopher T
authors: CT
authors: Cowell
authors: Faculty of Medicine, Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors: Mark F
authors: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0705-8913
authors: MF
authors: Harris
authors: Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences, Centre for Sleep Research, School of Psychology, Social Work and Social Policy, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Australian Patient Safety Foundation, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
authors: William B
authors: WB
authors: Runciman
authors: BUPA Health Foundation Australia, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors: Stan
authors: S
authors: Goldstein
authors: Patient Safety and Quality Unit, Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Herston, Queensland, Australia.
authors: Andrew R
authors: AR
authors: Hallahan
authors: Patient Safety and Quality Unit, Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service, Herston, Queensland, Australia.
authors: John G
authors: JG
authors: Wakefield
authors: New South Wales Health, NSW Kids and Families, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors: Elisabeth
authors: E
authors: Murphy
authors: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors: Annie
authors: A
authors: Lau
authors: Division of Paediatric Medicine, Women's and Children's Health Network, South Australia, Australia.
authors: Gavin
authors: G
authors: Wheaton
authors: Russell Clinic, Blackwood, South Australia, Australia.
authors: Helena M
authors: HM
authors: Williams
authors: Clinical Excellence Commission, Sydney South, New South Wales, Australia.
authors: Clifford
authors: C
authors: Hughes
authors: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors: Jeffrey
authors: J
authors: Braithwaite
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001315:Australia; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002985:Clinical Protocols; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care