Children with poorly controlled asthma ‘falling through cracks in care’
The rate of hospital readmissions is climbing, Australian researchers warn
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Largely preventable hospital readmissions among children with asthma suggest shortfalls in GP and hospital care, paediatricians say.
Their research showed a third of children admitted to Victorian hospitals with asthma were readmitted within 12 months, increasing from the one-in-five paediatric asthma readmissions in a previous study a decade ago.