Causes of admission of African patients to Gelukspan Hospital, North West Province, South Africa

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 746-751

  Kakembo, A S L ^c   Walker, B F ^a   Walker, A R P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0030280785     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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