Setting up a clinical audit of paediatric morbidity in Hong Kong: some early experiences.

A method of clinical audit was devised to document paediatric morbidity patterns at the Prince of Wales Hospital, a new 1428 bed general hospital serving the eastern part of the Hong Kong New Territories (with a current population of about 750,000). The applicability of the method is illustrated by considering morbidity in 1654 children aged from 1 month to 12 years admitted to the hospital over a 13 month period in 1984-85.