| Autor: |
José Lorenzo Guerra Diez, Luis Gaite Pindado, Cristina Álvarez Álvarez, María Teresa Leonardo Cabello, Lino Álvarez Granda, María Jesús Cabero Pérez |
| Jazyk: |
Spanish; Castilian |
| Rok vydání: |
2018 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Anales de Pediatría (English Edition), Vol 88, Iss 6, Pp 322-328 (2018) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2341-2879 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.anpede.2017.06.004 |
| Popis: |
Objective: The aim of the present study is to describe the trend in volume and age-specific rates in visits to the paediatric emergency department of a university teaching hospital in Cantabria (Spain) from January 2001 to December 2013, and evaluate the influence of population growth on emergency department use. Material and methods: A retrospective study was conducted to analyze all emergency department visits over a 13 year period. Simple and polynomial linear regressions were used to assess the relationship between population size and emergency department attendance rates across 2 age groups (0–2 and 3–14 years). Results: From 2001 to 2013, attendance in the emergency department increased by 14.1%, whereas the paediatric population rose by 26.3%. Rates of presentation per head of population were greatest among those aged |
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