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dc.contributor.authorMensah, F-
dc.contributor.authorWake, M-
dc.contributor.authorNicholson, J-
dc.contributor.authorLucas, N-
dc.contributor.authorQuach, J-
dc.contributor.authorHiscock, H-
dc.contributor.authorGold, L-
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-13T03:37:15Zen
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-12T00:09:00Zen
dc.date.available2013-06-12T00:09:00Zen
dc.date.issued2013-05-30-
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10620/17677en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10620/3802en
dc.description.abstractObjectives In Australian 0–7-year olds with and without sleep problems, to compare (1) type and costs to government of non-hospital healthcare services and prescription medication in each year of age and (2) the cumulative costs according to persistence of the sleep problem. Design Cross-sectional and longitudinal data from a longitudinal population study. Setting Data from two cohorts participating in the first two waves of the nationally representative Longitudinal Study of Australian Children. Participants Baby cohort at ages 0–1 and 2–3 (n=5107, 4606) and Kindergarten cohort at ages 4–5 and 6–7 (n=4983, 4460). Measurements Federal Government expenditure on healthcare attendances and prescription medication from birth to 8 years, calculated via linkage to Australian Medicare data, were compared according to parent report of child sleep problems at each of the surveys. Results At both waves and in both cohorts, over 92% of children had both sleep and Medicare data. The average additional healthcare costs for children with sleep problems ranged from $141 (age 5) to $43 (age 7), falling to $98 (age 5) to $18 (age 7) per child per annum once family socioeconomic position, child gender, global health and special healthcare needs were taken into account. This equates to an estimated additional $27.5 million (95% CI $9.2 to $46.8 million) cost to the Australian federal government every year for all children aged between 0 and 7 years. In both cohorts, costs were higher for persistent than transient sleep problems. Conclusions Higher healthcare costs were sustained by infants and children with sleep problems. This supports ongoing economic evaluations of early prevention and intervention services for sleep problems considering impacts not only on the child and family but also on the healthcare system.en
dc.subjectHealth -- Medicationsen
dc.subjectChild Development -- Sleepen
dc.subjectChildren -- Early childhooden
dc.titleHealth care costs associated with sleep problems up to age 7 years: Australian population-based studyen
dc.typeJournal Articlesen
dc.identifier.doi10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002419en
dc.identifier.urlhttp://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/3/5/e002419.abstracten
dc.identifier.surveyLSACen
dc.description.keywordssleepen
dc.description.keywordshealth care costsen
dc.identifier.journalBMJ Openen
dc.identifier.volume3en
dc.description.pagese002419en
dc.identifier.issue5en
local.identifier.id4245en
dc.title.bookBMJ openen
dc.subject.dssChildhood and child developmenten
dc.subject.dssHealth and wellbeingen
dc.subject.dssmaincategoryHealthen
dc.subject.dssmaincategoryChildrenen
dc.subject.dssmaincategoryChild Developmenten
dc.subject.dsssubcategoryEarly childhooden
dc.subject.dsssubcategorySleepen
dc.subject.dsssubcategoryMedicationsen
dc.subject.flosseHealth and wellbeingen
dc.subject.flosseChildhood and child developmenten
dc.relation.surveyLSACen
dc.old.surveyvalueLSACen
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