Paediatric asthma hospitalisations continue to decrease in Finland and Sweden between 2015 and 2020

Juho E. Kivistö; Jennifer L.P. Protudjer; Jussi Karjalainen; Anna Bergström; Heini Huhtala; Matti Korppi; Erik Melén

doi:10.1136/thorax-2022-219539

Paediatric asthma hospitalisations continue to decrease in Finland and Sweden between 2015 and 2020

Juho E. Kivistö, Jennifer L.P. Protudjer, Jussi Karjalainen, Anna Bergström, Heini Huhtala, Matti Korppi, Erik Melén

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	313-315
Number of pages	3
Journal	THORAX
Volume	78
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/thorax-2022-219539
Publication status	Published - Mar 2023
Publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

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Asthma
Asthma Epidemiology

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Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine

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