Table 5

Clinical and attendance characteristics of 15 children classified as chronic long-standing illness

Chronic condition type (ID)Attendances in the year (n)Age at attendances (months)
1. (370)Asthma537, 39, 39, 43, 43
2. (741)Asthma443, 47, 52, 53
3. (656)Autism, eczema423, 25, 28, 29
4. (71)Cleft lip, ex-premature71, 4, 5, 5, 7, 7, 10
5. (20)Cleft palate87, 10, 10, 11, 11, 12, 14, 14
6. (364)Corrected tracheo-oesophageal fistula, asthma, unilateral kidney reflux536, 36, 37, 37, 42
7. (482)Eczema416, 17, 17, 17
8. (669)Eczema427, 27, 35, 36
9. (708)Eczema, food allergy434, 35, 40, 42
10. (199)Ex-premature44, 5, 9, 11
11. (514)Ex-premature, gastro-oesophageal reflux disease49, 10, 15, 15
12. (429)Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease40, 4, 6, 7
13. (644)Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy, global developmental delay, epilepsy427, 27, 27, 27
14. (696)Hirschprungs’s disease432, 39, 39, 40
15. (507)Sickle cell disease49, 14, 17, 20