Journal article
Comparing emergency department presentations among children with cerebral palsy with general childhood presentations: a data linkage study
E Meehan, K Williams, SM Reid, GL Freed, FE Babl, JR Sewell, S Vidmar, S Donath, DS Reddihough
Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology | WILEY | Published : 2017
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.13518
Abstract
Aim: The aims of this study were to estimate the proportion of emergency department presentations attributable to children with cerebral palsy (CP), investigate the frequency of emergency department presentations in a CP cohort, and compare emergency department presentations among children with CP with those of other children. Method: This was a retrospective cohort study. The Victorian Cerebral Palsy Register was linked to the Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset. Data on emergency department presentations for the CP cohort occurring between 2007 and 2014 and population control data were obtained. Results: The CP cohort (n=1748) had 7015 emergency department presentations during the 7-year p..
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Funding Acknowledgements
We thank Ying Chen and the Victorian Data Linkages Unit team, as well as the VEMD data custodian, for facilitating this data linkage project. We also acknowledge the Victorian Paediatric Clinical Network, particularly Juliette Begg, for their support of this project. EM acknowledges PhD funding support received from the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute and the University of Melbourne. SMR's time was funded by an Early Career Fellowship from the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia. FEB's time was part funded by a grant from the Royal Children's Hospital Foundation, Melbourne, Australia. The VCPR received funding from the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services, the Victorian Medical Insurance Agency, and the Royal Children's Hospital Foundation over the course of this study. Infrastructure support was provided by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Program. The authors have stated that they had no interests that might be perceived as posing a conflict or bias.