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. 2010 Aug;28(4):399-404.
doi: 10.3329/jhpn.v28i4.6047.

Causes for hospitalizations at upazila health complexes in Bangladesh

Sirajuddin Ahmed  1 , A K Siddique, Anwarul Iqbal, F K M Nurur Rahman, Md Noor Islam, Md Arif Sobhan, Md Rafiqul Islam, R B Sack
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Causes for hospitalizations at upazila health complexes in Bangladesh

Sirajuddin Ahmed et al. J Health Popul Nutr. 2010 Aug.

Abstract

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 hospital-based 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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Locations of upazila health complexes
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Percent distribution of hospitalized patients by gender and 5 leading causes of illness in 5 rural hospitals of Bangladesh,1997-2001
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