TY - JOUR T1 - Social deprivation and admission for neonatal care JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition JO - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed SP - F337 LP - FF338 DO - 10.1136/adc.2005.071530 VL - 90 IS - 4 AU - D Manning AU - B Brewster AU - P Bundred Y1 - 2005/07/01 UR - http://fn.bmj.com/content/90/4/F337.abstract N2 - 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. ER -