Surgical procedures in Danish children 1999-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess if the overall utilisation of surgery in Danish children 0-5 years of age increased in the period 1999-2018 in line with the development within specialised medical services. The epidemiology on surgical procedures is scarce.

Methods

National register-based cohort study of all Danish children born 1994-2018 (n = 1,599,573) using data on surgery in public and private hospitals from The National Patient Register and data on surgery in private specialist practice from The Health Service Register. Incidence rate ratios were calculated using Poisson regression with 1999 as the reference year.

Results

During the study period 115,573 different children (7.2% of the cohort) underwent surgery. The overall incidence of surgical procedures was stable, but the

SUBMITTER: Jensen A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10138199 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature