dc.contributor.author |
Langridge, Fiona Catherine |
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dc.contributor.author |
Hufanga, Sione Vaioleti |
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dc.contributor.author |
'Ofanoa, Malakai Mahunui |
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dc.contributor.author |
Fakakovikaetau, Toakase |
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dc.contributor.author |
Percival, Teuila Mary |
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dc.contributor.author |
Grant, Cameron Charles |
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dc.coverage.spatial |
New Zealand |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2022-06-17T02:21:15Z |
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dc.date.available |
2022-06-17T02:21:15Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2017-11-10 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
(2017). New Zealand Medical Journal, 130(1465), 29-43. |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0028-8446 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/2292/59968 |
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dc.description.abstract |
<h4>Aims</h4>To describe inpatient utilisation patterns for primary school aged children in Tonga.<h4>Methods</h4>We described admissions for children aged 5-11 years to the main hospital in Tonga from January 2009 to December 2013. Rates with 95% confidence intervals (CI) were compared using rate ratios (RR).<h4>Results</h4>There were 1,816 admissions. The average annual admission rate was 20.2/1,000 (95% CI 19.3-21.1). Hospital admission rates were higher in younger than older children (5-7 versus 8-11 years, RR=1.28, 95% CI 1.18-1.41) and in boys than girls (RR=1.52, 95% CI 1.38-1.68). Injury and poisoning (28%), non-respiratory infectious diseases (19%), respiratory conditions (16%), abdominal/surgical conditions (13%) and dental (9%) were the most frequent admission reasons. A larger proportion of younger versus older children were hospitalised for dental (16% vs 1%, P<0.001) or respiratory conditions (18% vs 14%, P=0.02). A larger proportion of older children were hospitalised for abdominal/surgical conditions (15% vs 11%, P=0.008), other infectious diseases (21% vs 17%, P=0.04), other conditions (10% vs 6%, P<0.001) and cardiac conditions (2% vs 1%, P<0.001).<h4>Conclusions</h4>In children 5-11 years in Tonga, 85% of admissions were for five groups of conditions. These data inform priority areas for healthcare spending and enable comparisons over time and between different Pacific countries. |
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dc.format.medium |
Electronic |
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dc.language |
eng |
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dc.publisher |
NEW ZEALAND MEDICAL ASSOC |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
The New Zealand medical journal |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal/contribute |
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dc.subject |
Humans |
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dc.subject |
Respiratory Tract Diseases |
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dc.subject |
Wounds and Injuries |
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dc.subject |
Acute Disease |
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dc.subject |
Patient Admission |
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dc.subject |
Risk Factors |
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dc.subject |
Retrospective Studies |
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dc.subject |
Age Factors |
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dc.subject |
Child Welfare |
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dc.subject |
Child |
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dc.subject |
Hospitals, Pediatric |
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dc.subject |
New Zealand |
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dc.subject |
Female |
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dc.subject |
Male |
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dc.subject |
Infections |
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dc.subject |
Infectious Diseases |
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dc.subject |
Pediatric |
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dc.subject |
Clinical Research |
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dc.subject |
Prevention |
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dc.subject |
Science & Technology |
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dc.subject |
Life Sciences & Biomedicine |
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dc.subject |
Medicine, General & Internal |
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dc.subject |
General & Internal Medicine |
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dc.subject |
RHEUMATIC HEART-DISEASE |
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dc.subject |
GLOBAL BURDEN |
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dc.subject |
YOUNG-PEOPLE |
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dc.subject |
ORAL-HEALTH |
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dc.subject |
PREVALENCE |
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dc.subject |
FEVER |
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dc.subject |
DISORDERS |
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dc.subject |
REDUCTION |
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dc.subject |
Infection |
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dc.subject |
1117 Public Health and Health Services |
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dc.subject |
Public Health |
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dc.subject |
11 Medical and Health Sciences |
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dc.title |
Child morbidity as described by hospital admissions for primary school aged children in Tonga 2009-2013. |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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pubs.issue |
1465 |
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pubs.begin-page |
29 |
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pubs.volume |
130 |
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dc.date.updated |
2022-05-29T21:13:08Z |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: NZMA |
en |
dc.identifier.pmid |
29121622 (pubmed) |
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pubs.author-url |
https://journal.nzma.org.nz/journal-articles/child-morbidity-as-described-by-hospital-admissions-for-primary-school-aged-children-in-tonga-2009-2013 |
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pubs.end-page |
43 |
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pubs.publication-status |
Published |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess |
en |
pubs.subtype |
Journal Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
680323 |
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pubs.org-id |
Medical and Health Sciences |
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pubs.org-id |
Population Health |
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pubs.org-id |
Pacific Health |
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pubs.org-id |
School of Medicine |
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pubs.org-id |
Paediatrics Child & Youth Hlth |
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dc.identifier.eissn |
1175-8716 |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2022-05-30 |
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pubs.online-publication-date |
2017-11-10 |
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