Disease pattern and fatality among patients treated at DHQ Hospital, Faisalabad

A pilot study was undertaken to assess the pattern of diseases, fatality and some other ratios among the patients treated at District Headquarters Hospital, Faisalabad during 1984. Out of 4,506 in-patients, maximum admissions 1,196 (26.54%) were of gastrointestinal diseases followed by 795 (17.64%)...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association 1993-03, Vol.43 (3), p.52-53
Hauptverfasser:	ABID PARVEZ, NASEER AHMED CHAUDHARY, CHAUDHARY, F. M, MIAN ZAHID MALIK
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Analysis. Health state Biological and medical sciences Epidemiology Female General aspects Hospital Mortality Hospitals, District Humans Incidence Male Medical sciences Morbidity Pakistan Pilot Projects Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Tropical medicine
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Zusammenfassung:	A pilot study was undertaken to assess the pattern of diseases, fatality and some other ratios among the patients treated at District Headquarters Hospital, Faisalabad during 1984. Out of 4,506 in-patients, maximum admissions 1,196 (26.54%) were of gastrointestinal diseases followed by 795 (17.64%) cases of injuries. Overall fatality was found to be 6.35%. The highest case fatality was found in the infectious diseases group, while maximum of the total deaths (20.98%) occurred due to injuries. Consistency in provisional and final diagnosis was found in 86.20% of total cases. The annual turnover was 41 patients per bed per year.
ISSN:	0030-9982