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Australian hospital readmissions for children’s asthma at 10-year high, study finds
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Hospital readmissions for asthma in children have hit a 10-year high, raising concerns the chronic illness is not being managed properly and putting young Australians at risk.
The report from the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute published in the Journal of Asthma on Thursday has revealed one in three children with asthma, mostly preschoolers, are readmitted each year to hospital compared with one in five a decade ago.
Read the original article at The Guardian