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Table 2 Use of healthcare services over one year by subjects < 18 years of age in 2018 and followed for one year after their birth or birthday according to the number of emergency department visits

From: One-year emergency department visits for children < 18 years of age, associated factors and frequency of primary general practitioner or pediatrician visits before: a French observational study (2018–19)

  

One-year emergency department visit

Total

No

At least one

1

2

 ≥ 3

N children (million)

13,211

10,096

3,115

2,131

0,615

0,369

 

%

%

%

%

%

%

Primary care consultationa

GPP (%)a

88.0

86.7

92.3

91.4

93.6

95.4

 Median [IQR]

3 [2–6]

3 [2–5]

4 [2–8]

4 [2–7]

5 [3–8]

6 [3–11]

GP (%)a

83.6

82.2

88.0

87.1

89.3

91.0

 Median [IQR]

3 [2–5]

3 [1–5]

4 [2–6]

3 [2–6]

4 [2–7]

5 [3–9]

Paediatrician (%)a

17.3

15.6

22.6

20.5

24.8

31.3

 Median [IQR]

2 [1–4]

2 [1–4]

3 [1–6]

2 [1–5]

3 [1–6]

4 [2–8]

Nurse (%)a

8.1

6.4

13.6

12.2

15.5

18.7

 Median [IQR]

1 [1, 2]

1 [1, 2]

1 [1–4]

1 [1–3]

1 [1–5]

2 [1–6]

Physiotherapist (%)a

7.1

5.7

11.4

9.7

13.1

18.3

 Median [IQR]

8 [4–15]

8 [4–15]

8 [4–15]

8 [4–15]

7 [4–14]

7 [4–15]

Dentist (%)a

37.3

39.0

31.8

33.7

29.7

24.4

 Median [IQR]

1 [1, 2]

1 [1, 2]

1 [1, 2]

1 [1, 2]

1 [1, 2]

1 [1, 2]

Specialists (except paediatrician (%)a

39.5

39.2

40.3

40.2

40.6

40.5

 Median [IQR]

1 [1, 2]

1 [1, 2]

1 [1, 2]

1 [1, 2]

1 [1, 2]

1 [1, 2]

Ophthalmologista

24.7

25.3

23.0

23.6

22.4

20.4

Dermatologista

7.1

7.3

6.5

6.6

6.3

5.8

ENTa

7.0

6.5

8.7

8.2

9.4

10.8

Surgeona

4.2

3.5

6.5

6.0

7.4

8.1

Cardiologista

1.2

1.1

1.6

1.5

1.7

2.2

Pneumologista

1.2

1.1

1.4

1.3

1.5

1.8

Psychiatrista

1.0

1.0

1.2

1.1

1.2

1.4

Outpatient consultationa

 GP or paediatrician (%)a

8.5

5.0

19.9

17.4

22.8

29.1

 GP (%)a

5.6

2.9

14.1

13.1

15.9

17.0

 Paediatrician (%)a

3.1

2.2

6.4

4.73

7.6

13.7

Hospitalisationa

SSH

8.8

4.84

21.5

16.2

26.93

42.51

 Median [IQR]

1 [1–1]

1 [1–1]

1 [1–1]

1 [1–1]

1 [1–1]

1 [1, 2]

SSH after ED visit

3.4

 

14.3

9.5

19.1

34.0

Paediatric Intensive care

0.10

0.03

0.30

0.16

0.39

0.95

Neonatology

0.60

0.35

1.30

0.88

1.58

3.26

Neonatology with intensive care

0.20

0.12

0.49

0.31

0.60

1.37

Psychiatric hospitalisation

0.3

0.22

0.59

0.41

0.69

1.49

Hospitalisation at home

0.2

0.19

0.35

0.07

0.14

0.63

Rehabilitation care

0.0

0.02

0.11

0.29

0.41

0.32

  1. GPP general practitioner or paediatrician, GP general practitioner, IQR Interquartile range, ED emergency department, SSH short stay hospital
  2. aAt least one during the follow-up