Richard G Kyle
Relationships between deprivation and duration of children's emergency admissions for breathing difficulty, feverish illness and diarrhoea in North West England: an analysis of hospital episode statistics
Kyle, Richard G; Campbell, Malcolm; Powell, Peter; Callery, Peter
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Malcolm Campbell
Peter Powell
Peter Callery
Abstract
Background In the United Kingdom there has been a long term pattern of increases in children's emergency admissions and a substantial increase in short stay unplanned admissions. The emergency admission rate (EAR) per thousand population for breathing difficulty, feverish illness and diarrhoea varies substantially between children living in different Primary Care Trusts (PCTs). However, there has been no examination of whether disadvantage is associated with short stay unplanned admissions at PCT-level. The aim of this study was to determine whether differences between emergency hospital admission rates for breathing difficulty, feverish illness and diarrhoea are associated with population-level measures of multiple deprivation and child well-being, and whether there is variation by length of stay and age. Methods Analysis of hospital episode statistics and secondary analysis of Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) 2007 and Local Index of Child Well-being (CWI) 2009 in ten adjacent PCTs in North West England. The outcome measure for each PCT was the emergency admission rate to hospital for breathing difficulty, feverish illness and diarrhoea. Results 23,496 children aged 0-14 were discharged following emergency admission for breathing difficulty, feverish illness and/or diarrhoea during 2006/07. The emergency admission rate ranged from 27.9 to 62.7 per thousand. There were no statistically significant relationships between shorter (0 to 3 day) hospitalisations and the IMD or domains of the CWI. The rate for hospitalisations of 4 or more days was associated with the IMD (Kendall's taub = 0.64) and domains of the CWI: Environment (taub = 0.60); Crime (taub = 0.56); Material (taub = 0.51); Education (taub = 0.51); and Children in Need (taub = 0.51). This pattern was also evident in children aged under 1 year, who had the highest emergency admission rates. There were wide variations between the proportions of children discharged on the day of admission at different hospitals. Conclusions Differences between rates of the more common shorter (0 to 3 day) hospitalisations were not explained by deprivation or well-being measured at PCT-level. Indices of multiple deprivation and child well-being were only associated with rates of children's emergency admission for breathing difficulty, feverish illness and diarrhoea for hospitalisations of 4 or more days.
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Kyle, R. G., Campbell, M., Powell, P., & Callery, P. (2012). Relationships between deprivation and duration of children's emergency admissions for breathing difficulty, feverish illness and diarrhoea in North West England: an analysis of hospital episode statistics. BMC Pediatrics, 12, 22. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-12-22
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Publication Date | 2012 |
Deposit Date | Jan 20, 2015 |
Publicly Available Date | Jan 20, 2015 |
Electronic ISSN | 1471-2431 |
Publisher | BMC |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 12 |
Pages | 22 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-12-22 |
Keywords | children; emergency; admission; respiratory; fever; diarrhoea; deprivation; child well-being; length of stay England |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/7491 |
Publisher URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-12-22 |
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