Causes for hospitalizations at upazila health complexes in Bangladesh

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 399-404

  Ahmed, Sirajuddin ^a   Siddique, A K ^a   Iqbal, Anwarul ^a   Nurur Rahman, F K M ^a   Islam, Md Noor ^a,b   Sobhan, Md Arif ^a,c   Islam, Md Rafiqul ^a,d   Sack, R B ^e  

^a ICDDRB Public Health Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

^b KING FAHAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^c BRAC International Liberia   (Liberia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Hospitalization; Morbidity; Rural health services

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS;

AGING; BANGLADESH; CAUSALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; REGIONAL HEALTH PLANNING; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 78049357190     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v28i4.6047     Document Type: Article

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