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Table 3 Quality of care, by clinical IQ

From: The quality of preventive care for pre-school aged children in Australian general practice

Indicator ID

IQ description

Number of indicators

Proportion adherent

% (95% CI)

PREV01

Infants aged 2 months were weighed.

98

70.3 (55.5, 82.5)

PREV02

Infants aged 4 months were weighed.

91

63.7 (42.3, 81.7)

PREV03

Infants aged 6 months were weighed.

80

65.0 (32.6, 89.5)

PREV04

Infants aged 2 months had their length measured.

99

50.4 (22.3, 78.4)

PREV05

Infants aged 4 months had their length measured.

91

47.5 (19.6, 76.6)

PREV06

Infants aged 6 months had their length measured.

80

62.3 (32.2, 86.7)

PREV07

Infants aged 2 months had their head circumference measured.

99

48.2 (21.1, 76.1)

PREV08

Infants aged 4 months had their head circumference measured.

91

39.0 (19.6, 61.2)

PREV09

Infants aged 6 months had their head circumference measured.

79

61.0 (30.0, 86.5)

PREV10

Infants aged 2 months had their eyes examined.

99

29.8 (18.1, 43.8)

PREV11

Infants aged 4 months had their eyes examined.

91

10.3 (2.8, 24.5)

PREV12

Infants aged 6 months had their eyes examined.

80

22.2 (2.0, 64.1)

PREV13

Infants aged 2 months had their cardiovascular status examined.

99

48.4 (22.1, 75.4)

PREV14

Infants aged 4 months had their cardiovascular status examined.

91

16.2 (5.6, 33.7)

PREV15

Infants aged 6 months had their cardiovascular status examined.

80

27.9 (3.9, 68.7)

PREV16

Infants aged 2 months had their hips, limbs and joints examined.

99

41.2 (31.4, 51.5)

PREV17

Infants aged 4 months had their hips, limbs and joints examined.

91

12.0 (3.3, 28.4)

PREV18

Infants aged 6 months had their hips, limbs and joints examined.

80

19.8 (2.4, 55.6)

PREV19

Infants aged 2 months had their developmental progress examined.

99

40.5 (27.3, 54.8)

PREV20

Infants aged 4 months had their developmental progress examined.

91

22.3 (5.1, 51.6)

PREV21

Infants aged 6 months had their developmental progress examined.

80

28.3 (4.0, 69.2)

PREV22

Infants aged 2 months had any parental concerns documented.

99

39.5 (12.5, 72.4)

PREV23

Infants aged 4 months had any parental concerns documented.

91

32.9 (6.6, 71.1)

PREV24

Infants aged 6 months had any parental concerns documented.

79

37.2 (6.1, 79.7)

PREV25

Infants aged 2 months had their nutrition assessed.

99

48.0 (26.7, 69.8)

PREV26

Infants aged 4 months had their nutrition assessed.

91

42.3 (26.0, 60.0)

PREV27

Infants aged 6 months had their nutrition assessed.

80

24.8 (2.2, 69.4)

PREV28

Infants aged 12 months were weighed.

279

60.3 (43.7, 75.4)

PREV29

Infants aged 18 months were weighed.

140

43.8 (28.3, 60.2)

PREV30

Infants aged 12 months had their height measured.

279

51.2 (34.6, 67.6)

PREV31

Infants aged 18 months had their height measured.

140

25.8 (7.2, 54.5)

PREV32

Infants aged 12 months had their eyes and vision examined.

279

17.6 (13.1, 22.9)

PREV33

Infants aged 18 months had their eyes and vision examined.

141

9.8 (2.7, 23.5)

PREV34

Infants aged 12 months had their developmental progress examined.

279

44.1 (27.1, 62.1)

PREV35

Infants aged 18 months had their developmental progress examined.

141

17.0 (5.2, 37.0)

PREV36

Children aged 2 years were weighed.

289

63.7 (53.8, 72.8)

PREV37

Children aged 2 years had their height measured.

290

39.4 (29.5, 50.0)

PREV38

Children aged 2 years had their development and behaviour assessed.

290

37.4 (27.1, 48.5)

PREV39

Infants aged 2 months received immunisation according to Australian DOHA immunisation schedule.

101

85.9 (66.5, 96.3)

PREV40

Infants aged 4 months received immunisation according to Australian DOHA immunisation schedule.

92

84.6 (65.2, 95.6)

PREV41

Infants aged 6 months received immunisation according to Australian DOHA immunisation schedule.

83

84.4 (69.0, 94.1)

PREV42

Children aged 2 years received immunisation according to Australian DOHA immunisation schedule.

313

72.2 (60.7, 81.9)

PREV43

Children aged 4 years are immunised according to Australian DOHA immunisation schedule.

273

73.5 (56.8, 86.4)

Overall estimate of recommended preventive care

5836

43.3 (30.5, 56.7)

  1. Legend: ID identifier, DOHA Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing