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dc.contributor.authorMongru, R
dc.contributor.authorRose, DF
dc.contributor.authorCostelloe, C
dc.contributor.authorCunnington, A
dc.contributor.authorNijman, RG
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-01T13:43:03Z
dc.date.available2022-04-01T13:43:03Z
dc.date.issued2022-01-01
dc.identifierhttp://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000743662700002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=d4b848928d1c3e5c86d298abb68475f9
dc.identifierARTN e001363
dc.identifier.citationBMJ PAEDIATRICS OPEN, 2022, 6 (1), pp. ? - ? (7)
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.icr.ac.uk/handle/internal/5065
dc.identifier.eissn2399-9772
dc.identifier.eissn2399-9772
dc.identifier.doi10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001363
dc.identifier.doi10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001363
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVE: To explore the impact of the measures taken to combat COVID-19 on the patterns of acute illness in children presenting to primary and secondary care for North West London. DESIGN/SETTING/PARTICIPANTS: Retrospective analysis of 8 309 358 primary and secondary healthcare episodes of children <16 years registered with a North West London primary care practice between 2015 and 2021. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Numbers of primary care consultations, emergency department (ED) attendances and emergency admissions during the pandemic were compared with those in the preceding 5 years. Trends were examined by age and for International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision-coded diagnoses of: infectious diseases, and injuries and poisonings for admitted children. RESULTS: Comparing 2020 to the 2015-2019 mean, primary care consultations were 22% lower, ED attendances were 38% lower and admissions 35% lower. Following the first national lockdown in April 2020, primary care consultations were 39% lower compared with the April 2015-2019 mean, ED attendances were 72% lower and unscheduled hospital admissions were 63% lower. Admissions >48 hours were on average 13% lower overall during 2020, and 36% lower during April 2020. The reduction in admissions for infections (61% lower than 2015-2019 mean) between April and August 2020 was greater than for injuries (31% lower). CONCLUSION: The COVID-19 pandemic was associated with an overall reduction in childhood illness presentations to health services in North West London, most prominent during periods of national lockdown, and with a greater impact on infections than injuries. These reductions demonstrate the impact on children of measures taken to combat COVID-19 across the health system.
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherBMJ PUBLISHING GROUP
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectScience & Technology
dc.subjectLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subjectPediatrics
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectepidemiology
dc.titleRetrospective analysis of North West London healthcare utilisation by children during the COVID-19 pandemic.
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.dateAccepted2022-01-04
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rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001363
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2022-01-01
dc.relation.isPartOfBMJ PAEDIATRICS OPEN
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pubs.publication-statusPublished
pubs.volume6
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dc.contributor.icrauthorCostelloe, Ceire


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