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Assessment and Evaluation of the High Risk Neonate: The NICU Network Neurobehavioral Scale
Published on: August 25, 2014
Social deprivation and admission for neonatal care
D Manning1, B Brewster, P Bundred
1Neonatal Unit, Wirral Hospital, Arrowe Park, Wirral, Merseyside CH49 5PE, UK. donal.manning@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.
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