PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Kivistö, Juho E
AU  - Protudjer, Jennifer L P
AU  - Karjalainen, Jussi
AU  - Bergström, Anna
AU  - Huhtala, Heini
AU  - Korppi, Matti
AU  - Melén, Erik
TI  - Paediatric asthma hospitalisations continue to decrease in Finland and Sweden between 2015 and 2020
AID  - 10.1136/thorax-2022-219539
DP  - 2023 Mar 01
TA  - Thorax
PG  - 313--315
VI  - 78
IP  - 3
4099  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/78/3/313.short
4100  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/78/3/313.full
SO  - Thorax2023 Mar 01; 78
AB  - We previously reported a decreasing incidence of paediatric asthma hospitalisations in Finland, but a rather stable trend in Sweden, between 2005 and 2014. We now aimed to investigate the incidence of paediatric asthma hospitalisations in these countries between 2015 and 2020, using Finland’s National Hospital Discharge Register and Sweden’s National Patient Register, which cover all hospitalisations in the respective countries. From 2015 to 2019, the incidence of paediatric asthma hospitalisations decreased by 36.7% in Finland and by 39.9% in Sweden and are increasingly approaching parity. In 2020, despite differences in COVID-19-related restrictions, asthma hospitalisations decreased by over 40%, thus warranting future research on the subject.