A 10-year review of child injury hospitalisations, health outcomes and treatment costs in Australia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Childhood injury is a leading cause of hospitalisation, yet there has been no comprehensive examination of child injury and survival over time in Australia. To examine the characteristics, temporal trend and survival for children who were hospitalised as a result of injury in Australia.

Method

A retrospective examination of linked hospitalisation and mortality data for injured children aged 16 years or less during 1 July 2001 to 30 June 2012. Negative binomial regression examined change in injury hospitalisation trends. Cox proportional hazard regression examined the association of risk factors on 30-day survival.

Results

There were 6 86 409 injury hospitalisations, with an age-standardised rate of 1489 per 1 00 000 population (95% CI 1485.3 to 1492.4) in A

SUBMITTER: Mitchell RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6173825 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature