TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1993//
TI  - Diagnostic and socio-demographic changes in multiple hospital admission in children under two over a five-year period
JO  - Journal of public health medicine
A1  - Spencer, N. J.
A1  - Lewis, M. A.
A1  - Logan, S.
SP  - 332
EP  - 336
VL  - 15
IS  - 4
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0957-4832
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -