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Patterns of healthcare utilisation in children and young people: a retrospective cohort study using routinely collected healthcare data in Northwest London.

Thomas BeaneyJonathan M ClarkeThomas WoodcockRachel McCarthyKavitha SaravanakumarMauricio BarahonaMitch BlairDougal S Hargreaves
Published in: BMJ open (2021)
This article identifies six segments of healthcare utilisation in CYP and predictors of segment membership. Demographics and LTCs may not explain utilisation patterns as strongly as in adults, which may limit the use of routine data in predicting utilisation and suggest children have less well-defined trajectories of service use than adults.
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