Children in Greenland: disease patterns and contacts to the health care system

• Published in: International Journal of Circumpolar Health
• Main Authors: Marius Kløvgaard, Nina Odgaard Nielsen, Thomas Lund Sørensen, Peter Bjerregaard, Britta Olsen, Henrik Thybo Christesen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2016
• Subjects: Greenland; health; paediatrics; disease; ICD-10; children; health care system; contacts; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Ilulissat; Nuuk; Circumpolar Health; greenlandic; International Journal of Circumpolar Health
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v75.32903; https://doaj.org/article/0d93e422987a45dba15d45c7f3bf7f48

Background: Previous studies of Greenlandic children’s disease pattern and contacts to the health care system are sparse and have focused on the primary health care sector. Objective: We aimed to identify the disease pattern and use of health care facilities of children aged 0–10 in two Greenlandic...