Trends in adult medical admissions in a rural South African hospital between 1991 and 2002

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-56

  Reid, Alasdair ^a,b   Dedicoat, Martin ^b,c,d   Lalloo, David ^d   Gilks, Charles F ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Hlabisa Hospital   (South Africa)

^c AFRICA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; HIV; Rural

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; DYSENTERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT ADMISSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 24144491001     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000174251.35398.72     Document Type: Article

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