Journal article

Primary healthcare costs associated with sleep problems up to age 7 years: Australian population-based study

J Quach, L Gold, H Hiscock, FK Mensah, N Lucas, JM Nicholson, M Wake

BMJ Open | Published : 2013

Abstract

Objectives: In Australian 0-7-year olds with and without sleep problems, to compare (1) type and costs to government of non-hospital healthcare services and prescription medication in each year of age and (2) the cumulative costs according to persistence of the sleep problem. Design: Cross-sectional and longitudinal data from a longitudinal population study. Setting: Data from two cohorts participating in the first two waves of the nationally representative Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Participants: Baby cohort at ages 0-1 and 2-3 (n=5107, 4606) and Kindergarten cohort at ages 4-5 and 6-7 (n=4983, 4460). Measurements: Federal Government expenditure on healthcare attendances and..

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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council


Funding Acknowledgements

This paper uses confidentialised unit record files from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) survey. The LSAC project was initiated and is funded by the Commonwealth Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA) and is managed by the Australian Institute of Family Studies. The findings and views reported in this paper, however, are those of the authors and should not be attributed to either FaHCSIA or the Australian Institute of Family Studies. Research at the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute is supported by the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Program. The Parenting Research Centre receives funding from the Victorian Government Department of Education and Early Child Development. Australian National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Population Health Capacity Building Grants part-supported Drs Mensah, Quach and Ass/Prof Hiscock (436914) and Ass/Prof Gold (425855). Additionally, NHMRC Early Career Fellowships supported Ass/Prof Gold (1035100) and Dr Mensah (1037449), and NHMRC Career Development Awards supported Ass/Prof Hiscock (607351), Prof Wake (546405) and Prof Nicholson (390136). We acknowledge the peer review provided by the LSAC analysis group comprising staff from the Parenting Research Centre and Murdoch Childrens Research Institute.