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. 2022 Oct 16;12:04080. doi: 10.7189/jogh.12.04080

Table 4.

Receiving hospital of paediatric patients using emergency medical services across India, by sex, age, and chief complaint (2013-2015)


Total Government
Non-government* all levels

Primary care level
Secondary care level
Tertiary care level
Unknown level

n (%)
n (% of n)
n (% of n)
Total
1 101 970
(100.0)
88 338
(8.0)
510 257
(46.3)
127 008
(11.5)
114 063
(10.4)
148 783
(13.5)
Sex












Female
422 370
(38.3)
35 925
(8.5)
208 364
(49.3)
52 284
(12.4)
48 287
(11.4)
57 760
(13.7)
Male
622 589
(56.5)
52 366
(8.4)
301 499
(48.4)
74 678
(12.0)
65 572
(10.5)
90 825
(14.6)
Age group












Neonate, <1m
159 049
(14.4)
9148
(5.8)
43 816
(27.5)
38 933
(24.5)
31 424
(19.8)
23 232
(14.6)
Infant, 1m-1y
135 121
(12.3)
6976
(5.2)
50 609
(37.5)
19 941
(14.8)
15 412
(11.4)
26 971
(20.0)
Child, >1y-<10y
305 162
(27.7)
26 132
(8.6)
161 977
(53.1)
30 734
(10.1)
28 766
(9.4)
47 753
(15.6)
Adolescent, 10-<18y
445 753
(40.5)
46 035
(10.3)
253 463
(56.9)
37 354
(8.4)
38 258
(8.6)
50 630
(11.4)
Chief complaint†












Fever
247 594
(22.5)
27 394
(11.1)
132 320
(53.4)
19 186
(7.7)
22 847
(9.2)
27 814
(11.2)
Trauma
231 533
(21.0)
16 435
(7.1)
114 669
(49.5)
19 055
(8.2)
19 555
(8.4)
29 395
(12.7)
Respiratory
161 120
(14.6)
10 162
(6.3)
53 878
(33.4)
33 125
(20.6)
21 936
(13.6)
30 804
(19.1)
Abdominal pain
112 452
(10.2)
13 991
(12.4)
62 832
(55.9)
8368
(7.4)
9428
(8.4)
10 399
(9.2)
Vomiting/diarrhoea
73 885
(6.7)
6330
(8.6)
38 277
(51.8)
5451
(7.4)
5703
(7.7)
13 973
(18.9)
Convulsion
52 169
(4.7)
1901
(3.6)
20 113
(38.6)
8265
(15.8)
5480
(10.5)
13 708
(26.3)
Other
86 988
(7.9)
4710
(5.4)
31 589
(36.3)
11 794
(13.6)
11 320
(13.0)
6189
(7.1)
State












Andhra Pradesh
80 129
(7.3)
2445
(3.1)
31 667
(39.5)
21 913
(27.3)
995
(1.2)
19 111
(23.9)
Assam
150 260
(13.6)
21 534
(14.3)
77 190
(51.4)
11 299
(7.5)
475
(0.3)
5315
(3.5)
Gujarat
141 949
(12.9)
1248
(0.9)
69 426
(48.9)
5433
(3.8)
14 074
(9.9)
38 721
(27.3)
Himachal Pradesh
61 332
(5.6)
2753
(4.5)
13 473
(22.0)
8114
(13.2)
28 618
(46.7)
325
(0.5)
Karnataka
110 118
(10.0)
10 277
(9.3)
28 812
(26.2)


234
(0.2)
66 952
(60.8)
Meghalaya
6067
(0.6)
476
(7.8)
2750
(45.3)


1355
(22.3)
1142
(18.8)
Rajasthan
104 903
(9.5)
4988
(4.8)
50 982
(48.6)
4215
(4.0)
3701
(3.5)
1029
(1.0)
Tamil Nadu
82 791
(7.5)
733
(0.9)
10 247
(12.4)
32 485
(39.2)
37 238
(45.0)
1163
(1.4)
Telangana
73 665
(6.7)
2204
(3.0)
35 698
(48.5)
20 335
(27.6)
553
(0.8)
12 582
(17.1)
Union Territory‡
4652
(0.4)
389
(8.4)
4049
(87.0)




92
(2.0)
Uttar Pradesh
255 414
(23.2)
39 227
(15.4)
168 848
(66.1)
20 532
(8.0)
26 779
(10.5)
25
(0.01)
Uttarakhand 30 690 (2.8) 2064 (6.7) 17 115 (55.8) 2682 (8.7) 41 (0.1) 2326 (7.6)

Missing or Undeciphered – receiving facility type 10.3%, sex 5.2%, age 5.2%.

*Non-government includes private, non-governmental non-profit, trust supported, and government supported.

†Showing only most common chief complaints with total >4% of all calls.

‡Union Territory – Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. There are no tertiary care facilities in Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.