Emergency admissions and long-term conditions during transition from paediatric to adult care: A cross-sectional study using Hospital Episode Statistics data

BMJ Open

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2018, Pages

  Wijlaars, Linda Petronella Martina Maria ^a,b   Hardelid, Pia ^a   Guttmann, Astrid ^c   Gilbert, Ruth ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

administrative hospital data; chronic conditions; emergency admissions; mental health; paediatrics; transition from paediatric to adult care

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANONYMISED DATA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENDER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; ICD-10; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLIC DISORDER; MULTIPLE CHRONIC CONDITIONS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRANSITION TO ADULT CARE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; YOUNG ADULT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MULTICENTER STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSITION TO ADULT CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85049131947     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-021015     Document Type: Article

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