Immunisation status of children presenting to the emergency department: Linkage of a longitudinal birth cohort with national immunisation data.
Gerben KeijzersAmy SweenyJulia CrillyNorm GoodCate M CameronGabor MihalaJae ThonePaul A ScuffhamPublished in: Journal of paediatrics and child health (2018)
In an existing birth cohort, immunisation rates were lower than the national average. RSV was more prevalent in unimmunised children presenting to ED, but immunisation status was not significantly associated with other infectious disease presentations. Linkage between national immunisation data and Australian ED data is feasible and has the potential to identify previously unrecognised factors related to child immunisation status and health-care utilisation.
Keyphrases
- emergency department
- electronic health record
- healthcare
- quality improvement
- young adults
- infectious diseases
- big data
- case report
- mental health
- genome wide
- risk assessment
- gene expression
- hiv testing
- data analysis
- dna methylation
- human health
- human immunodeficiency virus
- respiratory syncytial virus
- health information