Implementation in Indonesia of the WHO Pocket Book of Hospital Care for Children

Abstract

Background: Effective implementation of evidence-based practice guidelines has the potential to improve quality of hospital care for children. To achieve this in Indonesia, a locally adapted version of the WHO Pocket Book of Hospital Care for Children was published in 2009. Objectives: To document implementation of the Pocket Book in Indonesia and to compare uptake in health facilities in which there has been a quality-improvement approach involving audit and feedback with uptake in settings in which there has been only passive dissemination. Methods: Indonesian district health offices, district hospitals, health centres with beds, and medical schools were surveyed by telephone, and an onlin..