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The number of children being admitted to hospital each year in England has increased over the past decade, according to researchers.
A report in Archives of Disease in Childhood showed 739,000 children under 15 were admitted in 2010, up from 594,000 in 1999.
The greatest increase was in children under five years of age.
Experts said the strain of growing demand could lead to standards dropping.
There has been a surge in births in the UK, but even accounting for the growing numbers of children there was still a 28% increase in the admissions rate between 1999 and 2010.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21415142
A report in Archives of Disease in Childhood showed 739,000 children under 15 were admitted in 2010, up from 594,000 in 1999.
The greatest increase was in children under five years of age.
Experts said the strain of growing demand could lead to standards dropping.
There has been a surge in births in the UK, but even accounting for the growing numbers of children there was still a 28% increase in the admissions rate between 1999 and 2010.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21415142