Patterns of mortality in public and private hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Misganaw, Awoke ^a   Mariam, Damen Haile ^a   Araya, Tekebash ^a   Ayele, Kidane ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Mortality; Pattern; Private Hospitals; Public Hospitals

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869161736     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-1007     Document Type: Article

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