Table 1.

Characteristics of included articles

Score	Location	Data source	Sample size (number of children)	Patient age (months)	Patient diagnosis	Care facility	Outcome
RISC	South Africa	RCT	4,148	<24	Hospitalized with LRTI	Secondary/tertiary care facility	In-hospital mortality
mRISC	Kenya	Surveillance	3,581	<59	Hospitalized with SARI	Tertiary care facility	In-hospital mortality
RISC-Malawi	Malawi	Routine care	14,665	<59	Hospitalized with pneumonia	Community, district and tertiary care facilities	In-hospital mortality
APPIS	Columbia, Ghana, India, Mexico, Pakistan, South Africa (2 sites), Vietnam, Zambia	RCT	1,702	3–59	Hospitalized with severe pneumonia	Tertiary care facilities	Treatment failure after 48 hours
Malawi-CHW	Malawi	Routine care	769	2–59	Fast breathing pneumonia	Outpatient: CHW, village clinics	Treatment failure after oral antibiotic treatment

RCT- randomized control trial; LRTI- lower respiratory tract infection; SARI- severe acute respiratory illness; CHW- community health worker