Patient’s age in years | 1.9 (0–5) |
Child’s sex, male | 46% (12) |
Country of birth, child | |
The Netherlands | 100% (26) |
Parents’ age in years | 34 (26–48) |
Total number of parent’s children | 2 (1–4) |
Education level of the interviewed parents* | |
Low | 5,4% (2) |
Middle | 46% (17) |
High | 49% (18) |
Country of birth, interviewed parents | |
The Netherlands | 65% (24) |
Suriname | 8,1% (3) |
Turkey | 5,4% (2) |
Morocco | 5,4% (2) |
Other† | 16% (6) |
Mother present at interview | 92% (24) |
Father present at interview | 50% (13) |
Mother and father present at interview | 42% (11) |
Interviews in acute setting (ED) | 46% (12) |
Patient admitted after interview at ED | 33% (4) |
Interviews in non-acute setting (ward) | 54% (14) |
Number of previous hospital admissions of all of the parent’s children‡ | 1 (0–41) |
Number of hospital presentations (ED or outpatient clinic) with all of the parent’s children | |
1 time | 12% (3) |
2–5 times | 42% (11) |
>5 times | 46% (12) |
Categorical variables are displayed as a number with percentage, continuous variables as a median with range.
*Education levels are based on the classification of Statistics Netherlands.26
†Netherlands Antilles, Dominican Republic, Syria, Colombia, Pakistan, Germany.
‡Data not available for four children.
ED, emergency department.