Hospital service use for young people with chronic health conditions: A population-based matched retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

This study aims to identify the hospitalised morbidity associated with three common chronic health conditions among young people using a population-based matched cohort.

Methods

A population-level matched case-comparison retrospective cohort study of young people aged ≤18 years hospitalised with asthma, type 1 diabetes (T1D) or epilepsy during 2005-2018 in New South Wales, Australia using linked birth, health and mortality records. The comparison cohort was matched on age, sex and residential postcode. Adjusted rate ratios (ARR) were calculated by sex and age group.

Results

There were 65 055 young people hospitalised with asthma, 6648 with epilepsy, and 2209 with T1D. Young people with epilepsy (ARR 10.95; 95% confidence interval (CI) 9.98-12.02), T1D (ARR 8.64; 9

SUBMITTER: Mitchell RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9545431 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature