Improving the Assessment and Classification of Sick Children according to the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) Protocol at Sanja Primary Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia: A Pre-Post Interventional Study
Table 1
Prioritization matrix to select possible intervention to solve incompleteness and inconsistency of use of IMCI protocol in Sanja primary hospital, northwest Ethiopia, 2019.
List of interventions
Prioritization criteria
Cost
Impact
Time
Feasibility
Total
Rank
Provision of training to health professional
5
5
4
4
18
1
Proper placement of health professionals
5
4
4
4
17
2
Improving commitment of the health professionals
5
3
3
3
14
5
Increased number of U5 OPD
4
3
3
3
12
7
Availing of IMCI registration
5
3
2
2
11
8
Follow-up of duty hour gap of professionals
4
4
4
3
15
4
Availing of IMCI guideline
3
3
4
3
13
6
Regular and frequent supportive supervision
4
4
5
3
16
3
Avail all the necessary drugs and medical supplies
2
4
2
3
11
8
IMCI: integrated management of childhood illness; U5: under five; OPD: outpatient department.
