Anales de pediatria
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Anales de pediatria · Jun 2018
[Influence of demographic changes on the number of visits to hospital emergency departments: 13 years experience].
The aim of the present study is to describe the trend in volume and age-specific rates in visits to the Paediatric Emergency Department of a university teaching hospital in Cantabria (Spain) from January 2001 to December 2013, and evaluate the influence of population growth on Emergency Department use. ⋯ Those aged 0-2 years presented a steady increase in ED visits related to population growth, whereas children aged 3-14 years experienced a "saturation of the demand" and a reduction in ED presentations.