Impact of preventive primary care on children’s unplanned hospital admissions: a population-based birth cohort study of UK children 2000–2013

Impact of preventive primary care on children’s unplanned hospital admissions: a population-based birth cohort study of UK children 2000–2013

Abstract Background Universal health coverage (UHC) aims to improve child health through preventive primary care and vaccine coverage. Yet, in many developed countries with UHC, unplanned and ambulatory care sensitive (ACS) hospital admissions in childhood continue to rise. We investigated the relat...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth Cecil, Alex Bottle, Richard Ma, Dougal S. Hargreaves, Ingrid Wolfe, Arch G. Mainous, Sonia Saxena
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-09-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
Universal health coverage
Child health
Unplanned hospital admissions
Ambulatory care sensitive conditions
Preventive primary care
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-018-1142-3

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