Retrospective analysis of North West London healthcare utilisation by children during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To explore the impact of the measures taken to combat COVID-19 on the patterns of acute illness in children presenting to primary and secondary care for North West London.

Design/setting/participants

Retrospective analysis of 8 309 358 primary and secondary healthcare episodes of children <16 years registered with a North West London primary care practice between 2015 and 2021.

Main outcome measures

Numbers of primary care consultations, emergency department (ED) attendances and emergency admissions during the pandemic were compared with those in the preceding 5 years. Trends were examined by age and for International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision-coded diagnoses of: infectious diseases, and injuries and poi

SUBMITTER: Mongru R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8762127 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature