Patterns, trends, and factors influencing hospitalizations for craniosynostosis in Western Australia. A population-based study.

ABSTRACT: Understanding hospital service use among children with a diagnosis of craniosynostosis (CS) is important to improve services and outcomes. This study aimed to describe population-level trends, patterns, and factors influencing hospitalizations for craniosynostosis in Western Australia. Data on live births (1990-2010; n = 554,624) including craniosynostosis, episodes of death, demographic, and perinatal factors were identified from the midwives, birth defects, hospitalizations, and death datasets. Information on craniosynostosis and non-craniosynostosis-related admissions, cumulative length of hospital stay (cLoS), intensive care unit, and emergency department-related admissions were extracted from the hospitalization dataset and linked to other data sources. These associations were examine

SUBMITTER: Junaid M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10175457 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature