Changes in infection-related hospitalizations in children following pandemic restrictions: an interrupted time-series analysis of total population data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Infectious diseases are a leading cause of hospitalization during childhood. The various mitigation strategies implemented to control the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic could have additional, unintended benefits for limiting the spread of other infectious diseases and their associated burden on the health care system.

Methods

We conducted an interrupted time-series analysis using population-wide hospitalization data for the state of Victoria, Australia. Infection-related hospitalizations for children and adolescents (aged <18 years, total source population ∼1.4 million) were extracted using pre-defined International Classification of Diseases 10th Revision Australian Modification (ICD-10-AM) codes. The change in weekly hospitalization rates (incidence rat

SUBMITTER: Todd IMF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8195105 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature