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Summary

  • The initial submission of this article was received on March 21st, 2023 and was peer-reviewed by 2 reviewers and the Academic Editor.
  • The Academic Editor made their initial decision on April 10th, 2023.
  • The first revision was submitted on April 18th, 2023 and was reviewed by 2 reviewers and the Academic Editor.
  • The article was Accepted by the Academic Editor on May 10th, 2023.

Version 0.2 (accepted)

· May 10, 2023 · Academic Editor

Accept

You're congratulated on your successful revisions.

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Basic reporting

The authors addressed my concerns.

Experimental design

None.

Validity of the findings

None.

Reviewer 2 ·

Basic reporting

Authors addressed my comments.

Experimental design

None

Validity of the findings

None

Version 0.1 (original submission)

· Apr 10, 2023 · Academic Editor

Minor Revisions

Two independent reviewers assessed your manuscript and both did not identify serious issues. As suggested, please verify your estimates including OR and p-values and also ensure that figures are ok including labels.

[# PeerJ Staff Note: Please ensure that all review and editorial comments are addressed in a response letter and any edits or clarifications mentioned in the letter are also inserted into the revised manuscript where appropriate. #]

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Basic reporting

The manuscript by Martella and coworkers titled “Pediatric hospitalizations over three waves of COVID-19 (February 2020 to May 2021) in Italy: determinants and rates” describes trends in hospitalizations of children and adolescents ages 0-17 in Piedmont region in Italy. The study identified that pediatric hospitalizations followed the trend of adult hospitalizations across the three waves and children at age 0-4 years, males and foreigners were more likely to be admitted in hospital than others. The study was designed well, and manuscript was written well.
I ask authors to check their figure and make sure that they have all the essential components such as axis labels, tick marks and axis titles.

Experimental design

See above.

Validity of the findings

See above.

Reviewer 2 ·

Basic reporting

The authors investigated the determinant of COVID19 hospitalizations in pediatric population in Italy. The authors collected data across 3 waves of the pandemic. This manuscript requires minor corrections.
1. Please show p values for odds ratios shown in table 2.
2. What does the Y axis show in figure 1a and 2b?

Experimental design

None

Validity of the findings

None

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