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Is the personal child health record used in secondary care?
Author(s) -
Moss A. L. H.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
child: care, health and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2214
pISSN - 0305-1862
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2005.00533.x
Subject(s) - audit , medicine , family medicine , multidisciplinary approach , pediatrics , sociology , social science , management , economics
Background Hampshire et al . (2004) have recently reported on the variation in use of the Personal Child Health Record (PCHR) (The Red Book). This study aims to add further data to the discussion. Objective To estimate the proportion of parents bringing the Red Book to a hospital surgical outpatient appointment. Methods An audit was performed over 4 months ending 14 July 2004. This involved the author noting whether parents brought the Red Book to the Paediatric Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery clinics, on different sites and including specialist multidisciplinary clinics. 200 consecutive attendees were reviewed.