Emergency admissions and long-term conditions during transition from paediatric to adult care: a cross-sectional study using Hospital Episode Statistics data.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine whether changes in emergency admission rates during transition from paediatric to adult hospital services differed in children and young people (CYP) with and without underlying long-term conditions (LTCs).

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

Emergency admissions between 2009 and 2011 recorded in the Hospital Episode Statistics Admitted Patient Care data in England.

Participants

763 199 CYP aged 10-24 years with and without underlying LTCs (LTCs were defined using the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision codes recorded in the past 5 years).

Primary and secondary outcome measures

We calculated emergency admission rates before (10-15 years) and after transition (19-24 years), stratified by gender, LTC and primary

SUBMITTER: Wijlaars LPMM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6020943 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature