RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Paediatric asthma hospitalisations continue to decrease in Finland and Sweden between 2015 and 2020
JF Thorax
JO Thorax
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Thoracic Society
SP 313
OP 315
DO 10.1136/thorax-2022-219539
VO 78
IS 3
A1 Kivistö, Juho E
A1 Protudjer, Jennifer L P
A1 Karjalainen, Jussi
A1 Bergström, Anna
A1 Huhtala, Heini
A1 Korppi, Matti
A1 Melén, Erik
YR 2023
UL http://thorax.bmj.com/content/78/3/313.abstract
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.