A study to find out the causes of overload in out-clinic department oncologic hospital

The descriptive cross-sectional study on 424 forms at Oncologic hospital to find the causes of overload in Janruary 2003. The results showed that: the mean age 38  14 years old; male 17.7%, female 82.3%. There was no difference between Ho Chi Minh city and provinces. The patients at out-clinic examination ward increased 3 times. Having 54% patients were treated at home by following doctors' prescriptions. The most common reason is confidence in Oncologic hospital because of best specialists 86.8%. In other hand, almost reason for not examined at their local medical station because of losing their confidence 68.2%. In 42 patients treated in hospital, 54.2% diseases can be treated in local medical station

Causes of outpatients overloads at the children hospital No1, Ho chi minh city

A cross-sectional study was performed with 410 inquired cards in Department of Surgical diagnosis in Hospital of Pediatrics No1, Ho Chi Minh city from 18-26 March/2002 to determine the causes of overload of patients. The number of children, who frequented to the clinic were 5 times higher over the capacity. 93.7% of pediatric patients accompied their parents, 95.3% received the medicines for treating at home, 82.25% of patients believed the Hospital due to completed sepecialties of pediatrics, 86.8% due to good equipments, and 17.6% due to the plenty of medicines. 71.8% of patients did not rely on local health facilities due to the lack of pediatric specialities and the prolong recovery from disease 60%, due to the low qualified physicians 10%, due to the lack of proper equipments 13.2%

Hospital overload status in Surgery department, Binh Dan hospital

An inquiry which was conducted with 473 patients of the Department of Surgical Diagnosis showed that in Binh Dan Hospital the number of patients was 3 times higher than designed indicator. Patients were attracted there because of their believe on the hospital due to high quality of medial staff good equipments, prosperity of medicaments and broad advertisement. In addition, because that people did not frequent the hospital at local level hospital due to the lack of believe, the lack of qualified specialties, the low skill of medical staff, the helpfulness prolongation of the treatment, the lack of good equipment and management

Overloading in the Department of Surgical diagnosis in the Pediatric Hospital N01, Ho Chi Minh City in 2002

An inquiry conducted with 410 pediatric patients showed that in March 2002, the overloading increased 4 times in comparing with the designed indicator. The causes are that: 71.8% did not visited the local health station because of the loss of believe due to the lack of pediatric specialty, 60% because of prolingation of treatment without helpfulness, 13.2% because of the lack of equipment, 10% because of the bad quality of physicians, 0.7% because of the poor administration and management. Therefore it must promote and strengthen the quality of local health services, consolidate the network of pediatrics diagnosis and treatment at provincial level, and that of HCM City to favorize the function of higher level of specialization and of pediatric profession