Estimating the current and future prevalence of life-limiting conditions in children in England.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous studies showed increasing number of children with a life-limiting or life-threatening condition who may benefit from input from pediatric palliative care services.

Aim

To estimate the current prevalence of children with a life-limiting condition and to model future prevalence of this population.

Design

Observational study using national inpatient hospital data. A population-based approach utilizing ethnic specific population projections was used to estimate future prevalence.

Setting/participants

All children aged 0-19 years with a life-limiting condition diagnostic code recorded in Hospital Episodes Statistics data in England from 2000/01 to 2017/18.

Results

Data on 4,543,386 hospital episodes for 359,634 individuals were included. T

SUBMITTER: Fraser LK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8532217 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature