Open AccessEffect of adopting integrated management of childhood illness guidelines on drug use at a primary health care center: A case study from Egypt
Author(s) -
Azza Ali El.Mahalli,
Ola Akl
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of family and community medicine/maǧalaẗ ṭib al-usraẗ wa al-muǧtamaʼ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 2229-340X
pISSN - 1319-1683
DOI - 10.4103/2230-8229.90010
Subject(s) - medicine , integrated management of childhood illness , medical record , retrospective cohort study , pediatrics , family medicine , population , primary health care , environmental health , surgery
Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) is a cost- effective strategy that improves the quality of care through the use of evidence- based management protocols for the most common causes of childhood death and illness. Evidence- based clinical guidelines are critical to promoting rational use of medicines. Despite the large number of studies that assessed process and outcome of care delivered to children utilizing IMCI protocol, there is a scarcity of studies that assessed the effect of adopting IMCI on the drug use.