Table 1.
Children’s parent’s and household’s characteristics by healthcare utilisation, mean value (SD) or count (percentage (%))
| Number of general practice appointments per child per year | At least one emergency department attendance per child per year | At least one inpatient admission per child per year | At least one outpatient appointment per child, per year | Total child cohort (n=6124) |
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| 0 (n=1614) |
1–2 (n=2110) |
3+ (n=2400) |
No (n=4921) |
Yes (n=1203) |
No (n=5562) |
Yes (n=562) |
No (n=5010) |
Yes (n=1114) |
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| Parent with asthma, n (%) | 125 (8) | 187 (9) | 270 (11) | 452 (9) | 130 (11) | 516 (9) | 66 (12) | 443 (9) | 139 (12) | 582 (10) |
| Parent with depression, n (%) | 222 (14) | 339 (16) | 419 (17) | 767 (16) | 213 (18) | 869 (16) | 111 (20) | 738 (15) | 242 (22) | 980 (16) |
| Parent with diabetes, n (%) | 112 (7) | 135 (6) | 139 (6) | 318 (6) | 68 (6) | 353 (6) | 33 (6) | 305 (6) | 81 (7) | 386 (6) |
| Parent with epilepsy, n (%) | 15 (1) | 28 (1) | 30 (1) | 58 (1) | 15 (1) | – | <10 | 58 (1) | 15 (1) | 73 (1) |
| Parent with hypertension, n (%) | 249 (15) | 285 (14) | 303 (13) | 702 (14) | 135 (11) | 770 (14) | 67 (12) | 678 (14) | 159 (14) | 837 (14) |
| Parent with an acute mental health condition*, n (%) | 23 (1) | 31 (1) | 48 (2) | 86 (2) | 16 (1) | – | <10 | 80 (2) | 22 (2) | 102 (2) |
| Parent with osteoarthritis, n (%) | 62 (4) | 87 (4) | 98 (4) | 211 (4) | 36 (3) | 225 (4) | 22 (4) | 188 (4) | 59 (5) | 247 (4) |
| Mean parent long-term conditions, n (SD) | 0.3 (0.5) | 0.3 (0.5) | 0.4 (0.6) | 0.3 (0.5) | 0.3 (0.5) | 0.3 (0.5) | 0.4 (0.6) | 0.3 (0.5) | 0.4 (0.6) | 0.3 (0.5) |
| Mean parent general practice appointments, n (SD) | 2.9 (4.5) | 3.5 (3.4) | 4.4 (4.1) | 3.5 (4.0) | 4.3 (4.2) | 3.6 (3.9) | 4.8 (4.7) | 3.4 (3.4) | 4.7 (5.8) | 3.7 (4.0) |
| Mean parent emergency department attendances, n (SD) | 0.2 (0.6) | 0.2 (0.5) | 0.3 (0.8) | 0.2 (0.6) | 0.4 (0.9) | 0.2 (0.7) | 0.4 (0.9) | 0.2 (0.7) | 0.3 (0.8) | 0.2 (0.7) |
| Mean parent inpatient admissions, n (SD) | 0.1 (0.3) | 0.1 (0.4) | 0.1 (0.4) | 0.1 (0.3) | 0.2 (0.5) | 0.1 (0.4) | 0.2 (0.4) | 0.1 (0.3) | 0.1 (0.4) | 0.1 (0.4) |
| Mean parent outpatient appointments, n (SD) | 0.5 (1.2) | 0.7 (1.4) | 0.7 (1.4) | 0.6 (1.3) | 0.7 (1.5) | 0.6 (1.3) | 0.8 (1.6) | 0.6 (1.3) | 0.9 (1.5) | 0.7 (1.3) |
| Mean parent age, n (SD) | 36.8 (6.4) | 36.2 (6.5) | 35.0 (6.0) | 36.2 (6.3) | 34.4 (6.0) | 36.0 (6.3) | 34.5 (6.2) | 35.9 (6.3) | 35.9 (6.2) | 35.9 (6.3) |
| Number of parents (aged 18–55 years) band, n (%) | ||||||||||
| 1 | 656 (41) | 858 (41) | 971 (40) | 1989 (40) | 496 (41) | 2257 (41) | 228 (41) | 2022 (40) | 463 (42) | 2485 (41) |
| 2 | 629 (39) | 846 (40) | 1028 (43) | 2007 (41) | 496 (41) | 2279 (41) | 224 (40) | 2039 (41) | 464 (42) | 2503 (41) |
| 3+ | 329 (20) | 406 (19) | 401 (17) | 925 (19) | 211 (18) | 1026 (18) | 110 (20) | 949 (19) | 187 (17) | 1136 (19) |
| Siblings (%) | 1253 (78) | 1598 (76) | 1668 (70) | 3718 (76) | 801 (67) | 4137 (74) | 382 (68) | 3746 (75) | 773 (69) | 4519 (74) |
| Number of siblings, n (SD) | 2.5 (1.3) | 2.4 (1.3) | 2.2 (1.2) | 2.4 (1.3) | 2.2 (1.2) | 2.4 (1.3) | 2.2 (1.2) | 2.4 (1.3) | 2.2 (1.2) | 2.4 (1.3) |
| Number of people in the household, n (SD) | 4.7 (1.9) | 4.6 (1.9) | 4.3 (1.8) | 4.5 (1.8) | 4.2 (1.7) | 4.5 (1.8) | 4.3 (1.8) | 4.5 (1.8) | 4.3 (1.7) | 4.5 (1.8) |
Note: percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding.
* An acute mental health condition is defined as schizophrenia, bipolar affective disorder and other psychoses.