Factors predictive of hospital admission for children via emergency departments in Australia and Sweden: an observational cross-sectional study.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe study was approved by the Metro South Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) (HREC/13/QPAH/347); Women’s and Children’s Health Network HREC (HREC/14/WCHN/66) and Griffith University HREC (NRS/05/15/HREC) in Australia as well as the Swedish Regional Ethical Board in Sweden (Dnr: 2013/11636–31-/1; 2014/566–32). The aforementioned HREC approvals, Queensland Government Department of Health for Public Health Act 2005 approval, and Site Specific Assessment approvals accounted for the use of de-identified confidential information, negating the requirement to obtain informed consent to perform the work described herein. All methods were performed in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding No funding was awarded to undertake this research."