Bed utilization study in paediatric medical patients at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados
West Indian med. j
; 36(3): 159-62, Sept. 1987. tab
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ABSTRACT
Details of a bed utilisation study of 1,654 paediatric medical ward admissisons to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados, during 1983 ara analysed. Forty-one per cent of admissisons had a respiratory problem, 14% had infections diseases, 9% central nervous system conditions, and 36% had diseases of other systems. Analysis of hospital stay revealed that 20% of patients spent less than 24 hours and these mostly for bronchial astma (31%), repiratory tract infections (15%), and gastroenteritis (10%). Most long-stay patients had either congenital heart disease (12%), social problems (11%) or diabetes mellitus (10%).. We recommend that the establishment of a short-stay unit could eliminate 20% of admissions, spent less than 24hours. A further 21% (poisoning and gastroenteritis) could be significantly reduced with good health education
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
LILACS
Asunto principal:
Enfermedades Respiratorias
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Ocupación de Camas
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Enfermedades del Sistema Nervioso Central
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Revisión de Utilización de Recursos
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Unidades Hospitalarias
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Infecciones
Límite:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
Barbados
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Idioma:
En
Revista:
West Indian med. j
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA
Año:
1987
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Jamaica