Influence of material deprivation on hospital admissions for gynaecologic infections

This study was conducted to examine the relationship between age, material deprivation, and hospital admissions for selected gynaecologic infections in an English health region. Data from hospital episode statistics relating to hospital admissions for pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), infections of...

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Published in:European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases 2004-07, Vol.23 (7), p.535-538
Main Authors: Olowokure, B, Hawker, J I, Harcourt, S, Warburton, F, Weinberg, J, Wilson, R C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
Analysis of Variance
Attitude to Health
Bacterial Infections - epidemiology
Bacterial Infections - microbiology
Bacterial Infections - therapy
Child
Child, Preschool
Confidence Intervals
Female
Genital Diseases, Female - diagnosis
Genital Diseases, Female - epidemiology
Genital Diseases, Female - therapy
Health Care Surveys
Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data
Humans
Incidence
Middle Aged
Multivariate Analysis
Patient admissions
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease - diagnosis
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease - epidemiology
Poverty
Retrospective Studies
Risk Assessment
Studies
United Kingdom - epidemiology
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Summary:This study was conducted to examine the relationship between age, material deprivation, and hospital admissions for selected gynaecologic infections in an English health region. Data from hospital episode statistics relating to hospital admissions for pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), infections of the uterus, and infections of the cervix, vagina, and vulva were obtained. Townsend deprivation scores (based on 1991 census data) were allocated by linking postcodes of cases to enumeration districts (EDs) and then assigning the EDs to appropriate quintiles of material deprivation. Both single variable and multivariable (Poisson regression) analyses were performed. For women with PID, the risk of hospitalisation increased with increasing deprivation (P
ISSN:0934-9723
1435-4373
DOI:10.1007/s10096-004-1158-9