Hospitalisations for chronic conditions among care experienced and general population children and young people: evidence from the Children's Health in Care in Scotland (CHiCS) cohort study, 1990-2016.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

There is limited evidence on how the physical health of children and young people (CYP) who are care experienced (eg, in foster or out-of-home care) compares to the general population. UK research suggests that the prevalence of some chronic conditions may be similar for these groups.

Design

We undertook longitudinal population-wide data linkage of social care, prescription and hospitalisation records for care experienced and general population CYP born 1990-2004, followed from birth to August 2016. We compared prevalence estimates for asthma, diabetes (type 1) and epilepsy between the cohorts and used Poisson and survival models to estimate the association between social care and hospitalisations for these conditions.

Results

Care experience was not associa

SUBMITTER: Allik M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11448190 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature