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The nutritional status, length of hospitalization and the diagnoses in 207 socially disadvantaged and 232 non-disadvantaged controls admitted into the Wesley Guild Hospital, Ilesa, over a six-month period were compared. The patterns and frequencies of the diseases diagnosed in the two groups were similar. However, compared with controls, significantly greater percentages of disadvantaged children were hospitalized for over six days (p Key words: Social, Disadvantage, Morbidity, Hospitalised children Nigerian Journal of Paediatrics 2002; 29:5-10. |
