Admissions of inequality: emergency hospital use for children and young people

This briefing looks at the relationship between deprivation and the use of emergency hospital care by children and young people in England. It aims to describe and highlight areas of inequality and to explore how they have changed over time. As well as looking at the overall patterns of emergency hospital use, it focuses in particular on three common conditions – asthma, diabetes and epilepsy – where more timely and effective primary, community or outpatient care could prevent admissions.
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news