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Table 2 Disease categories

From: Use of the interRAI PEDS HC in children receiving home care in Ontario, Canada

Category (n = 474)

Number with diagnosis (%)

Mental health and developmental

399 (84.2%)

Gastrointestinal

135 (28.5%)

Musculoskeletal

104 (21.9%)

Respiratory

101 (21.3%)

Neurological

87 (18.4%)

Cardiovascular

47 (9.9%)

Metabolic disorders

41 (8.7%)

Infections

37 (7.8%)

Other *

265 (55.9%)

  1. * includes blindness (n = 49), cancer (n = 7), cleft palate (n = 6), deafness (n = 48), explicit terminal prognosis (n = 8), failure to thrive (n = 14), renal failure (n = 8), and other (n = 125)