Paediatric admissions to hospitals in the Cape Town Metro district: A survey
dc.contributor.author | Westwood, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Levin, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Hageman, J | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-17T09:15:25Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-05-17T09:15:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
dc.date.updated | 2016-05-17T09:11:49Z | |
dc.description.abstract | A point prevalence survey of 381 paediatric medical inpatients in the 11 public hospitals in Cape Town in November 2007 showed that 70% of them were in central hospitals, with 39.4% requiring level 3 (sub-specialist) care. Numbers of children in hospital and their levels of health care requirement did not vary by sub-district of residence. Seventy-seven per cent of patients were under 5 years of age; 5% were teenagers. Few patients changed level of care during admission, but 10% did not need to be in hospital at the time of review. Median length of stay was 4 days, with children with level 3 needs having the longest lengths of stay. An under-provision of level 1 beds was demonstrated. HIV infection had been identified in 12% of admissions. While children with level 3 problems were well catered for in terms of bed provision, level 1 and step-down/home care provision were deficient or inefficiently utilised. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.apacitation | Westwood, A., Levin, M., & Hageman, J. (2012). Paediatric admissions to hospitals in the Cape Town Metro district: A survey. <i>South African Journal of Child Health</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19692 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Westwood, A, M Levin, and J Hageman "Paediatric admissions to hospitals in the Cape Town Metro district: A survey." <i>South African Journal of Child Health</i> (2012) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19692 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation | Westwood, A., Levin, M., & Hageman, J. (2012). Paediatric admissions to hospitals in the Cape Town Metro District: A survey. South African Journal of Child Health, 6(2), 31-37. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.issn | 1994-3032 | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Westwood, A AU - Levin, M AU - Hageman, J AB - A point prevalence survey of 381 paediatric medical inpatients in the 11 public hospitals in Cape Town in November 2007 showed that 70% of them were in central hospitals, with 39.4% requiring level 3 (sub-specialist) care. Numbers of children in hospital and their levels of health care requirement did not vary by sub-district of residence. Seventy-seven per cent of patients were under 5 years of age; 5% were teenagers. Few patients changed level of care during admission, but 10% did not need to be in hospital at the time of review. Median length of stay was 4 days, with children with level 3 needs having the longest lengths of stay. An under-provision of level 1 beds was demonstrated. HIV infection had been identified in 12% of admissions. While children with level 3 problems were well catered for in terms of bed provision, level 1 and step-down/home care provision were deficient or inefficiently utilised. DA - 2012 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - South African Journal of Child Health LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2012 SM - 1994-3032 T1 - Paediatric admissions to hospitals in the Cape Town Metro district: A survey TI - Paediatric admissions to hospitals in the Cape Town Metro district: A survey UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19692 ER - | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19692 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://sajch.org.za/index.php/SAJCH/article/view/432 | |
dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Westwood A, Levin M, Hageman J. Paediatric admissions to hospitals in the Cape Town Metro district: A survey. South African Journal of Child Health. 2012; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19692. | en_ZA |
dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
dc.publisher | Health and Medical Publishing Group | en_ZA |
dc.publisher.department | Department of Paediatrics and Child Health | en_ZA |
dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences | en_ZA |
dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ | en_ZA |
dc.source | South African Journal of Child Health | en_ZA |
dc.source.uri | http://www.sajch.org.za/index.php/SAJCH | |
dc.subject.other | inpatient care | |
dc.title | Paediatric admissions to hospitals in the Cape Town Metro district: A survey | en_ZA |
dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
uct.type.filetype | Text | |
uct.type.filetype | Image | |
uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |