Table.
Incidence of admission to hospital for asthma, relative risk of readmission, and average number of days in hospital per admission among asthmatic children during 1978-93
| Period | Incidence of first admissions (per 1000) | Relative risk of readmission (95% CI) | P value | Average No of days in hospital per admission
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| First admission | Readmissions | ||||
| 1978–81 | 0.93 | 1 | 5.1 | 5.9 | |
| 1982–5 | 1.10 | 0.75 (0.66 to 0.85) | <0.001 | 3.5 | 5.0 |
| 1986–9 | 1.14 | 0.64 (0.53 to 0.74) | <0.001 | 3.5 | 4.6 |
| 1990–3 | 1.09 | 0.50 (0.32 to 0.68) | <0.001 | 3.2 | 3.7 |