In addition, chest radiography was still performed in more than half of the events but showed a decreasing trend over the study period (87.2% to 76.1%, P for trend < 0.001).
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Trends in Incidence and Drug Prescriptions for Croup in Children Under 5 Years of Age: A 2002-2019 Population-Based Study.
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The utilization of medical institutions for hospitalization or ER visits related to croup treatment showed a notable trend: a decrease in secondary and tertiary hospitals, coupled with an increase in primary hospitals or clinics (All P values for trend were < 0.001).
The prevalence of children who were hospitalized or who visited the ER for croup treatment showed an increasing trend over the study period, with a prevalence of 0.36% from 2002 to 2004 and 1.48% from 2017 to 2019 ( P value for trend < 0.001).