1982
DOI: 10.1007/bf02427027
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Unmet need for pediatric cardiology services and correlates of referral in Ontario, 1975–1977

Abstract: We collected data on 930 neonates with structural congenital heart disease seen during 1975-1977 at the existing pediatric cardiac referral and treatment centers in Ontario. Estimates were made of unmet need for pediatric cardiology services in Ontario. The data showed that a number of counties had significantly low referral rates and that at least 25% of the newborns with severe structural heart disease (that is, 75 newborns each year) were not seen by pediatric cardiologists, although the children would bene… Show more

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“…Some years ago, we surveyed all newborns with congenital heart disease born in Ontario, identifying so-called unmet needs. 38 We are fairly secure with the demographics of congenital heart disease in our province. As of the last population survey (1991), the population of Ontario was 10,084,885 with a birthrate of 13.4/1000, giving a newborn population in that year of 147,068.…”
Section: The Tip Of the Icebergmentioning
confidence: 91%
“…Some years ago, we surveyed all newborns with congenital heart disease born in Ontario, identifying so-called unmet needs. 38 We are fairly secure with the demographics of congenital heart disease in our province. As of the last population survey (1991), the population of Ontario was 10,084,885 with a birthrate of 13.4/1000, giving a newborn population in that year of 147,068.…”
Section: The Tip Of the Icebergmentioning
confidence: 91%