© 2005 Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal and Neonatal Edition
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Social deprivation and admission for neonatal care
1 Neonatal Unit, Wirral Hospital, Arrowe Park, Wirral, Merseyside CH49 5PE, UK
2 Department of Primary Care, Whelan Building, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GB, UK
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Correspondence to:
Dr Manning
Neonatal Unit, Wirral Hospital, Arrowe Park, Wirral, Merseyside CH49 5PE, UK; donal.manning{at}whnt.nhs.uk
Objective: To determine whether social deprivation is associated with neonatal unit admission.
Setting: English district general hospital.
Method: Retrospective review of neonatal unit admission records between 1990 and 2002.
Results: There was a linear increase in admission rates with increasing deprivation. The admission rate was 6.1% of live births for infants in the most affluent quartile compared with 11.1% for those in the most deprived quartile. Admission rates for all indications except jaundice and feeding problems increased with increasing deprivation.
Conclusion: Social deprivation correlates strongly with neonatal morbidity and the need for neonatal unit admission. This finding has implications for professionals in public health and primary and secondary care.
Keywords: deprivation; morbidity; admission
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