Epidemiology of Hospital Admissions for Craniosynostosis in Australia: A Population-Based Study

To describe trends, age, and sex-specific patterns of population hospital admissions with a diagnosis of craniosynostosis (CS) in Australia. Population data for hospital separations (in-patient) from public and private hospitals (July 1996-June 2018) were obtained from the publicly available Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) National Hospital Morbidity Database.

Citation:
Junaid M, Slack-Smith L, Wong K, Baynam G, Calache H, Hewitt T, Leonard H. Epidemiology of Hospital Admissions for Craniosynostosis in Australia: A Population-Based Study. Cleft Palate-Craniofac J. 2022;60(5):569-576.

Keywords:
Australia; craniosynostosis; hospital admissions; rare disease; syndromic conditions; total population

Abstract:
To describe trends, age, and sex-specific patterns of population hospital admissions with a diagnosis of craniosynostosis (CS) in Australia. Population data for hospital separations (in-patient) from public and private hospitals (July 1996-June 2018) were obtained from the publicly available Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) National Hospital Morbidity Database.