Paediatric admissions to a rural South African hospital: Value of hospital data in helping to define intervention priorities and allocate district resources

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 88, Issue 6 SUPPL., 1998, Pages 785-788

  Chopra, Mickey ^b   Stirling, Susy ^b   Wilkinson, David ^b   Connolly, Cathy ^b   McCoy, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DYSENTERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PEDIATRICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DYSENTERY; FEMALE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PEDIATRICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0005778299     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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