Epidemiology of critically ill children in England and Wales: Incidence, mortality, deprivation and ethnicity

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 210-215

  Parslow, R C ^a,h   Tasker, R C ^b   Draper, E S ^c   Parry, G J ^d   Jones, S ^e   Chater, T ^f   Thiru, K ^g   McKinney, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d National Initiative for Children's Healthcare Quality   (United States)

^e ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^g GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WALES;

EID: 61449184580     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.134403     Document Type: Article

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