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Table 4 Indicators considered a priority or feasible‡

From: Development of paediatric quality of inpatient care indicators for low-income countries - A Delphi study

 

International

Local

Fisher's exact

Consensus criterion 3§

   

Structure

   

Priority

51/54(94.4)

40/43(93.0)

1.00

Process

   

Priority

43/57(75.4)

36/50(72.0)

0.83

Feasible currently

38/57(66.7)

43/50(86.0)

0.02

Feasible with improvements

52/57(91.2)

49/50(98.0)

0.21

Structure

   

Priority

35/54(64.8)

14/43(32.6)

0.001

Process

   

Priority

24/57(42.1)

4/50(8.0)

< 0.001

Feasible currently

27/57(47.4)

5/50(10.0)

< 0.001

Feasible with improvements

43/57(75.4)

7/50(14.0)

< 0.001

  1. § Consensus criterion 1 requires that indicators have a median score of seven or more on the attribute. || Consensus criterion 2 requires that an indicator has a median score of 7 or more on the attribute and in addition the IQR should be less than 2. Only indicators rated by both panels included here.
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