title: Health situation analysis of Thai children aged 1-5 years in 2010: implications for health education and health service reform.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To make the world fit for children is a task necessarily involves all organizations working with children. The real health situation will be useful for strategic planning for them.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To emphasize Thailand's health burdens of children between 1 and 5 years in 2010.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors analyzed the fiscal 2010 data from the three health insurance schemes from hospitals nationwide for information on: out-patient and in-patient visits, common illnesses of Thai children between 1 and 5 years, lengths of stay, hospital charges and deaths. Most (96%) of the population was represented in this data.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Respiratory infection was the most common admission (225,183 times) while intestinal infection was the second (83,293 times). Respiratory infection was the second most common for an out-patient visit (7, 387,132 times = 23.6%) after other factors influencing health (17,384,963 times = 55.5%). The most common causes of death were injury and poisoning (178 patients) and respiratory infection (175 patients). Pneumonia required the most budget and resulted in the longest stays. Among accidents, accidental drowning and submersion caused the most deaths.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Respiratory infection, pneumonia, intestinal infection, injuries, poisoning and accidental drowning were the most common health burdens among children between 1 and 5 years of age.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand. arujet@kku.ac.th
authors.forename: Arunee
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jetsrisuparb
authors.forename: Jamaree
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Teeratakulpisarn
authors.forename: Wiboon
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Weraarchakul
authors.forename: Kaewjai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Thepsuthammarat
authors.forename: Sumitr
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sutra
mesh_terms: D002423:Cause of Death; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004501:Education, Medical; D005260:Female; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006304:Health Status; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D009017:Morbidity / Q000639:trends*; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D013785:Thailand / Q000453:epidemiology