Discrimination in Seeking Medical Care for Female Child from Birth to Adolescence – A Retrospective Study
| Autor: | Raju Gupta, Sonia Makhija, Shruti Sood, Veena Devgan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Younger age Adolescent Child Health Services Sexism Population India Medical care Health Services Accessibility 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Chi-square test Retrospective analysis Humans Medicine Sex Ratio 030212 general & internal medicine Child Care education Retrospective Studies education.field_of_study Inpatient care business.industry 030503 health policy & services Age Factors Infant Newborn Retrospective cohort study Hospitalization Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female Immunization 0305 other medical science business Sex ratio |
| Zdroj: | The Indian Journal of Pediatrics. 83:410-413 |
| ISSN: | 0973-7693 0019-5456 |
| Popis: | To study the bias in seeking medical care for female child in various age groups from birth to adolescence. It is a retrospective analysis of the hospital records for the period January 2010 through December 2012. The sex ratio was calculated for different age groups including newborns delivered, patients attending OPD (0–12 y), children attending immunization centre (0–5 y), patients admitted in pediatric wards segregated in different age groups i.e., < 1 y, 1–4 y, 5–9 y and 10–14 y. Chi square test was used to find out if there was any variation in the sex ratio of patients attending the hospital against the sex ratio in the community. The mean sex ratio of patients (0–12 y) attending the pediatric OPD was 726 which is significantly lower than the sex ratio in the community (p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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