From: Paediatric case mix in a rural clinical school is relevant to future practice
Rural | Neonate | Infant | Child | Adolescent | Rural total | Urban | Neonate | Infant | Child | Adolescent | Urban total | AIHW % | ||||||||||
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n | % | n | % | |||||||||||||||||||
ENT / Respiratory | 25 | 12.8% | 101 | 38.9% | 233 | 26.4% | 25 | 13.8% | 384 | 25.3% | ENT / Respiratory | 16 | 23.2% | 147 | 45.1% | 240 | 25.1% | 17 | 10.3% | 420 | 27.7% | 34.8% |
Gastrointestinal/ Genitourinary | 23 | 11.8% | 36 | 13.9% | 143 | 16.2% | 44 | 24.3% | 246 | 16.2% | Gastrointestinal/ Genitourinary | 8 | 11.6% | 48 | 14.7% | 160 | 16.7% | 29 | 17.6% | 245 | 16.2% | 16.9% |
Neuro/ developmental | 4 | 2.1% | 24 | 9.2% | 110 | 12.5% | 14 | 7.7% | 152 | 10.0% | Neuro/ developmental | 4 | 5.8% | 22 | 6.8% | 119 | 12.5% | 27 | 16.4% | 172 | 11.3% | 5.1% |
Musculoskeletal | 6 | 3.1% | 3 | 1.2% | 77 | 8.7% | 22 | 12.2% | 108 | 7.1% | Musculoskeletal | 1 | 1.5% | 4 | 1.2% | 75 | 7.9% | 24 | 14.6% | 104 | 6.9% | 10.8% |
Fever | 0 | 0.0% | 22 | 8.5% | 47 | 5.3% | 2 | 1.1% | 71 | 4.7% | Fever | 6 | 8.7% | 27 | 8.2% | 96 | 10.0% | 4 | 2.4% | 133 | 8.8% | 2.6% |
Skin | 6 | 3.1% | 16 | 6.2% | 75 | 8.5% | 11 | 6.1% | 108 | 7.1% | Skin | 0 | 0.0% | 16 | 4.9% | 65 | 6.8% | 11 | 6.7% | 92 | 6.1% | 5.2% |
Well child | 79 | 40.5% | 13 | 5.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 92 | 6.1% | Well child | 5 | 7.3% | 17 | 5.2% | 25 | 2.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 47 | 3.1% | 2.9% |
Mental health | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.4% | 59 | 6.7% | 19 | 10.5% | 79 | 5.2% | Mental health | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 0.6% | 15 | 1.6% | 20 | 12.1% | 37 | 2.4% | 4.0% |
Other | 52 | 26.7% | 44 | 16.9% | 138 | 15.6% | 44 | 24.3% | 278 | 18.3% | Other | 29 | 42.0% | 43 | 13.2% | 161 | 16.7% | 33 | 20.0% | 266 | 17.5% | |
Total % | 195 12.9 | 260 17.1 | 882 58.1 | 181 11.9 | 1518 | Total % | 69 4.5 | 326 21.5 | 956 63.1 | 165 10.9 | 1516 |