Paediatric admissions to hospitals in the Cape Town Metro district: A survey

dc.contributor.authorWestwood, A
dc.contributor.authorLevin, M
dc.contributor.authorHageman, J
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-17T09:15:25Z
dc.date.available2016-05-17T09:15:25Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.updated2016-05-17T09:11:49Z
dc.description.abstractA 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.apacitationWestwood, 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/11427/19692en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationWestwood, 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/11427/19692en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationWestwood, 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.issn1994-3032en_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.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/19692
dc.identifier.urihttp://sajch.org.za/index.php/SAJCH/article/view/432
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationWestwood 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.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisherHealth and Medical Publishing Groupen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Paediatrics and Child Healthen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)*
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dc.sourceSouth African Journal of Child Healthen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://www.sajch.org.za/index.php/SAJCH
dc.subject.otherinpatient care
dc.titlePaediatric admissions to hospitals in the Cape Town Metro district: A surveyen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
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