Description of total population hospital admissions for cleft lip and/or palate in Australia

BMC Oral Health

Research Article

Jonathan Y. J. Lo¹  Linda M. Slack-Smith¹  Nicky Kilpatrick²  Peter Jacoby³ 

[1] School of Dentistry M512, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, 6009, Crawley, WA, Australia;School of Dentistry M512, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Hwy, 6009, Crawley, WA, Australia;Melbourne Dental School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;Telethon Kids Institute, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia;

关键词: Epidemiology;    Australia;    Congenital anomalies;    Hospital admissions;    Orofacial cleft;    Total-population data;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12903-015-0144-1

 received in 2015-08-01, accepted in 2015-11-28,  发布年份 2015

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundOrofacial clefts are a group of frequently observed congenital malformations often requiring multiple hospital admissions over the lifespan of affected individuals. The aim of this study was to describe the total-population hospital admissions with principal diagnosis of cleft lip and/or palate in Australia over a 10 year period.MethodsData for admissions to hospitals were obtained from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare National Hospital Morbidity Database (July 2000 to June 2010). The outcome variable was a hospital separation with the principal diagnosis of cleft palate, cleft lip or cleft lip and palate (ICD-10-AM diagnosis codes Q35-Q37 respectively). Trends in rates of admission and length of stay by age, gender and cleft type were investigated.ResultsA total of 11, 618 admissions were identified; cleft palate (4,454; 0.22 per 10,000 people per year), cleft lip (2,251; 0.11) and cleft lip and palate (4,913; 0.25). Admission age ranged from birth to 79 years with males more frequently admitted. Most admissions occurred prior to adolescence in cleft palate and cleft lip and through to late teens in cleft lip and palate, declining for all groups after 25 years.ConclusionsThis study identified population level trends in hospital separations for orofacial cleft diagnosis in Australia.

【 授权许可】

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© Lo et al. 2015