Paediatric admissions to hospitals in the Cape Town Metro District: A survey

South African Journal of Child Health

Michael Levin¹  Jo Hageman²  Anthony Westwood¹ 

[1] School of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Cape Town, and Department of Paediatrics, New Somerset Hospital, Cape Town;Helderberg Hospital, Department of Health, Provincial Government of the Western Cape

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学科分类：农业科学（综合）

来源: Health and Medical Publishing Group

【 摘 要 】

A point prevalence survey of 381 paediatric medical inpatients in the 11 public hospitals in Cape Town in November 2007 showed that 70% of them were in central hospitals, with 39.4% requiring level 3 (sub-specialist) care. Numbers of children in hospital and their levels of health care requirement did not vary by sub-district of residence. Seventy-seven per cent of patients were under 5 years of age; 5% were teenagers. Few patients changed level of care during admission, but 10% did not need to be in hospital at the time of review. Median length of stay was 4 days, with children with level 3 needs having the longest lengths of stay. An under-provision of level 1 beds was demonstrated. HIV infection had been identified in 12% of admissions. While children with level 3 problems were well catered for in terms of bed provision, level 1 and step-down/home care provision were deficient or inefficiently utilised.

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