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Corchia, C., Lapucci, E., Franco, F., Farchi, S., Petrou, Stavros and Lallo, D. (2016) Gestational age and hospital utilization : three-years follow-up of an area-based birth cohort. Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 52 (4). pp. 543-549. doi:10.4415/ANN_16_04_14
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Official URL: http://doi.org/10.4415/ANN_16_04_14
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
To investigate differences by gestational age in emergency department visits and re-hospitalizations during the three years following childbirth discharge.
METHODS:
We performed a historical cohort study in Lazio Region, Italy, for infants born in 2007-2008 to resident mothers. Health administrative data were used. Analysis was performed by multinomial logistic regression.
RESULTS:
Of 90 545 infants, more than 50% had at least one emergency department visit, and 18.8% at least one re-hospitalization. After the exclusion of infants with congenital anomalies, relative risk ratios of re-hospitalization and, to a lesser extent, of emergency department visits increased by decreasing gestational age; the two events were also higher for mothers ≤35 years of age, with low education and of Italian nationality. Residency outside the metropolitan area was associated with an increased risk of re-hospitalization and a decreased risk of emergency department visits.
CONCLUSION:
During the three years following childbirth discharge, re-hospitalizations and, to a lesser extent, emergency department use are inversely related to gestational age at birth; socio-demographic factors have an effect on the risk of infant use of hospital resources independent of gestational age.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics > RJ101 Child Health. Child health services |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Mental Health and Wellbeing Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Emergency medical services -- Infants -- Lazio (Italy), Gestational age , Pediatrics | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità | ||||
Publisher: | Il Pensiero Scientifico Editore | ||||
Official Date: | 30 September 2016 | ||||
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Volume: | 52 | ||||
Number: | 4 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 543-549 | ||||
DOI: | 10.4415/ANN_16_04_14 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 13 January 2017 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 13 January 2017 | ||||
Funder: | Italy. Servizio sanitario regionale del Lazio [Lazio regional health service], AbbVie (firm) | ||||
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