Journal article
Hospital admissions in children with cerebral palsy: a data linkage study
E Meehan, SM Reid, K Williams, GL Freed, JR Sewell, S Vidmar, S Donath, DS Reddihough
Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology | WILEY | Published : 2017
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.13350
Abstract
Aim: The overall aim was to investigate the feasibility and utility of linking a cerebral palsy (CP) register to an administrative data set for health services research purposes. We sought to compare CP hospital admissions to general childhood population admissions, and identify factors associated with type and frequency of admissions in a CP cohort. Method: The CP register for Victoria, Australia was linked to the state's hospital admissions database. Data pertaining to the admissions of a CP cohort (n=1748) that took place between 2007 and 2014 were extracted. Population data were also obtained. Results: Overall, 80% of the CP cohort (n=1401) had at least admission between 2007 and 2014, a..
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Funding Acknowledgements
We acknowledge the funders of the VCPR, the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services, and the Victorian Medical Insurance Agency, as well as infrastructure support provided by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program. We also acknowledge the VAED data custodian, and are grateful to the Victorian Data Linkages Unit for their assistance, particularly Ms Ying Chen for her guidance and advice in relation to this project. In addition, we acknowledge the Victorian Paediatric Clinical Network, particularly Ms Juliette Begg, for their endorsement and support of this work. We also thank Ms Maria Lambers for her valuable assistance in the early stages of this project. The first author acknowledges PhD funding support from Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and the University of Melbourne. The authors have stated that they had no interests which may be perceived as posing a conflict or bias.