Table 3 Quality indicators from 2010 to 2019
From: A 10-year retrospective analysis of newborn hearing screening in a tertiary hospital in Malaysia
Quality indicator | JCIH Benchmark | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Coverage rate (%) | ≥ 95% | 97.7 | 97.2 | 97.6 | 96.0 | 91.8 | 97.8 | 98.6 | 94.7 | 95.4 | 89.5 |
Initial referral rate (%) | ≤ 4% | 21.4 | 12.3 | 10.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 6.8 | 11.0 | 10.4 | 20.0 |
Return for follow-up rate (%) | ≥ 95% | 63.3 | 63.3 | 60.4 | 69.8 | 62.0 | 72.7 | 61.3 | 76.7 | 69.1 | 69.2 |
Diagnosis rate (%) | ≥ 90% | 19.4 | 35.0 | 16.7 | 36.4 | 11.8 | 23.1 | 20.0 | 11.8 | 14.3 | 5.0 |
Age at diagnosis (months) | 3 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.7 |