Healthcare use for children with complex needs: using routine health data linked to a multiethnic, ongoing birth cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Congenital anomaly (CA) are a leading cause of disease, death and disability for children throughout the world. Many have complex and varying healthcare needs which are not well understood. Our aim was to analyse the healthcare needs of children with CA and examine how that healthcare is delivered.

Design

Secondary analysis of observational data from the Born in Bradford study, a large prospective birth cohort, linked to primary care data and hospital episode statistics. Negative binomial regression with 95% CIs was performed to predict healthcare use. The authors conducted a subanalysis on referrals to specialists using paper medical records for a sample of 400 children.

Setting

Primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare services in a large city in the nor

SUBMITTER: Bishop CF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5855244 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature