A study of childhood attendance at Emergency Departments in the West Midlands

Amy Downing, Gavin Rudge

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    Abstract

    Introduction: Research into childhood attendance at EDs in the UK has focused mainly on injury rather than medical conditions and studies have been relatively small. This study looks at all types of ED attendance by children across a large population. Data and METHODS: Routine data on all new attendances by children under 16 years were available for 12 EDs in the West Midlands (period: 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2004, 365 695 records). The data were split into four age groups (
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)391-3
    Number of pages3
    JournalEmergency Medicine Journal
    Volumein press
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2006

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