Hospitalisation due to infectious and parasitic diseases in District Civil Hospital, Belgaum, Karnataka.
Indian J Public Health
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2008 Jul-Sep; 52(3): 161-3
Article
in English
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-109490
ABSTRACT
To assess the burden of infectious and parasitic diseases on hospital services at District Civil Hospital (DCH) Belgaum, a retrospective study was carried out using discharge records concerning 8506 inpatients due to infectious and parasitic diseases among 95,655 patients admitted for all causes during the reference period 2000-2003. Out of the 21 causes of infectious and parasitic diseases, only 5 contributed maximally towards hospital admission. The most frequent cause was intestinal infections (44.0%) followed by tuberculosis (35.4%). 57.5% of these admissions were from the productive age group of 20-54 years. Tuberculosis is the most important disease in terms of hospital bed days (59.7%). Tuberculosis and intestinal infectious diseases represent more than three-fourth of the overall burden in terms of hospital bed days.
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Index:
IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Parasitic Diseases
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Child
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Child, Preschool
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Communicable Diseases
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Retrospective Studies
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Adolescent
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Sex Distribution
Type of study:
Observational study
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Indian J Public Health
Year:
2008
Type:
Article
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