Cumulative incidence of chronic health conditions recorded in hospital inpatient admissions from birth to age 16 in England.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Monitoring the incidence of chronic health conditions (CHCs) in childhood in England, using administrative data to derive numerators and denominators, is challenged by unmeasured migration. We used open and closed birth cohort designs to estimate the cumulative incidence of CHCs to age 16 years.

Methods

In closed cohorts, we identified all births in Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) from 2002/3 to 2011/12, followed to 2018/19 (maximum age 8 to 16 years), censoring on death, first non-England residence record or 16th birthday. Children must have linked to later HES records and/or the National Pupil Database, which provides information on all state school enrolments, to address unmeasured emigration. The cumulative incidence of CHCs was estimated to age 16 using dia

SUBMITTER: Jay MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11466227 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature