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Shahin Shooshtari1,2, Marni Brownell3, Rosemary S L Mills1
1Department of Community Health Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
Background:
Little information exists on health of children with developmental disabilities (DDs) in the Canadian province of Manitoba.
Method:
The present authors linked 12 years of administrative data and compared health status, changes in health and access to health and social services between children with (n = 1877) and without (n = 5661) DDs living in the province, matched by age, sex and region of residence.
Results:
Children with DDs were significantly more likely than children in the matched comparison group to die before the age of 17 and have a history of respiratory illness, diabetes and injury-related hospitalizations. Children with DD also had significantly higher average number of ambulatory physician visits and higher rate of continuity of care.
Conclusions:
Children with DDs had poorer health status than the matched comparison group. The health disparities experienced by children with DDs persisted over time. Further population-based longitudinal research is needed in this area.
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