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DIAGNOSTIC AND SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES IN MULTIPLE HOSPITAL ADMISSION IN CHILDREN UNDER 2 OVER A 5-YEAR PERIOD

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UNSPECIFIED (1993) DIAGNOSTIC AND SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES IN MULTIPLE HOSPITAL ADMISSION IN CHILDREN UNDER 2 OVER A 5-YEAR PERIOD. JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH MEDICINE, 15 (4). pp. 332-336. ISSN 0957-4832.

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Abstract

Diagnostic and socio-demographic changes for children experiencing multiple hospital admissions (three or more) before the age of two years in two whole-year birth cohorts five years apart - 1980 and 1985 - are reported. The increase in multiple admissions between 1980 and 1985 was distributed evenly throughout the diagnostic groups. Although a disproportionate increase in admissions per child for asthma was noted, the results suggest that the increase accounts for only a small proportion of the total increase. A marked trend to earlier age of first admission is reported. Low-birthweight infants, infants of young mothers and infants from deprived areas of the city are over-represented in the multiple admission groups in both cohorts. There was a marked increase in the proportion of low-birthweight infants in the multiple admissions group between 1 980 and 1 985 compared with a decrease in the percentage of low-birthweight infants in the control group over the same period. The study results are discussed with particular reference to the unexplained increase in early childhood admissions.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Journal or Publication Title: JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH MEDICINE
Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PRESS UNITED KINGDOM
ISSN: 0957-4832
Official Date: December 1993
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December 1993UNSPECIFIED
Volume: 15
Number: 4
Number of Pages: 5
Page Range: pp. 332-336
Publication Status: Published

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