@article{ref1,
title="Diagnostic and socio-demographic changes in multiple hospital admission in children under two over a five-year period",
journal="Journal of public health medicine",
year="1993",
author="Spencer, N. J. and Lewis, M. A. and Logan, S.",
volume="15",
number="4",
pages="332-336",
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 overrepresented 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 1980 and 1985 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.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0957-4832",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}