PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - D Manning
AU  - B Brewster
AU  - P Bundred
TI  - Social deprivation and admission for neonatal care
AID  - 10.1136/adc.2005.071530
DP  - 2005 Jul 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
PG  - F337--FF338
VI  - 90
IP  - 4
4099  - http://fn.bmj.com/content/90/4/F337.short
4100  - http://fn.bmj.com/content/90/4/F337.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed2005 Jul 01; 90
AB  - 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.