Causes for Hospitalizations at Upazila Health Complexes in Bangladesh.
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2010-08
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Morbidity and mortality data are important for planning and implementing healthcare strategies of a
country. To understand the major causes for hospitalizations in rural Bangladesh, demographic and clinical
data were collected from the hospital-records of five government-run rural health facilities (upazila health
complexes) situated at different geographical regions of the country from January 1997 to December 2001.
During this period, 75,598 hospital admissions in total were recorded, of which 54% were for male, and
46% were for female. Of all the admissions, diarrhoeal disease was the leading cause for hospitalization
(25.1%), followed by injuries (17.7%), respiratory tract diseases (12.6%), diseases of the gastrointestinal
tract (10.5%), obstetric and gynaecological causes (8.5%), and febrile illnesses (6.7%). A considerable proportion
(8.3%) of the hospitalized patients remained undiagnosed. Despite the limitations of hospitalbased
data, this paper gives a reasonable insight of the important causes for hospitalizations in upazila
health complexes that may guide the policy-makers in strengthening and prioritizing the healthcare needs
at the upazila level in Bangladesh.
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Hospitalization, Morbidity, Rural health services, Bangladesh
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Ahmed Sirajuddin, Siddique A.K, Iqbal Anwarul, Rahman F.K.M. Nurur, Islam Md. Noor, Sobhan Md. Arif, Islam Md. Rafiqul, Sack R.B. Causes for Hospitalizations at Upazila Health Complexes in Bangladesh. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition. 2010 Aug; 28(4): 399-404.