Disease burden assessment beyond in-patient data: A morbidity profile assessment of outpatients

Disease burden assessment beyond in-patient data: A morbidity profile assessment of outpatients

Background: Global disease burden estimates often lack real data on morbidities, especially from patients treated in Outpatient Department (OPD). In Sri Lanka, around 40 million visits are made annually to the OPDs in government hospitals and we conducted a preliminary study to assess the morbidity...

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Main Authors: Samath Dharmaratne, Suneth Agampodi, Sameera Dassanayaka, Prabhashini Kumarihami, Ashani Ratnayake, Sepali Wickramathilake
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:International Journal of Preventive Medicine
Subjects:
Outpatient department
morbidity profile
Sri Lanka
Online Access:http://www.ijpvmjournal.net/article.asp?issn=2008-7802;year=2012;volume=3;issue=10;spage=730;epage=732;aulast=Dharmaratne

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