Post-discharge Child Mortality

Cross-source consensus on Post-discharge Child Mortality from 1 sources and 4 claims.

1 sources · 4 claims

Risks & contraindications

The study examined deaths among children aged 0-59 months in CHAMPS from 2016 to 2023 with a focus on hospitalisation within the preceding 180 days. — Deaths with preceding hospitalisations within 180 days in eight countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: A secondary descriptive analysis of the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) network
Among the included child deaths, 16.7% had a hospitalisation within 180 days before death. — Deaths with preceding hospitalisations within 180 days in eight countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: A secondary descriptive analysis of the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) network
Most deaths with preceding hospitalisation had only one identifiable prior hospitalisation within 180 days. — Deaths with preceding hospitalisations within 180 days in eight countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: A secondary descriptive analysis of the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) network
Discharge against medical advice occurred in a minority of deaths with preceding hospitalisation, and the study could not determine why it occurred. — Deaths with preceding hospitalisations within 180 days in eight countries in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia: A secondary descriptive analysis of the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) network