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. 2005 Jul;90(4):F337-8.
doi: 10.1136/adc.2005.071530.

Social deprivation and admission for neonatal care

D Manning  1 , B Brewster, P Bundred
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Social deprivation and admission for neonatal care

D Manning et al. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2005 Jul.

Abstract

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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