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Title: DISEASE PATTERN AND FATALITY AMONG PATIENTS TREATED AT DHQ HOSPITAL, FAISALABAD
Authors: Ahid Parvez , Naseer Ahmed Chaudhary , F.M. Chaudhary , Mian Zahid Malik
Journal: Journal of Pakistan Medical Association
Publisher: Pakistan Medical Association.
Country: Pakistan
Year: 1993
Volume: 43
Issue: 3
Language: English
ABSTRACT
A pilot study was undertaken to assess the pattern of diseases, fatality and some other ratios among the patients treated at District Headquarters Hospital, Faisalabad during 1984. Out of 4,506 in-patients, maximum admissions 1,196 (26.54%) were of gastrointestinal diseases followed by795 (17.64%) cases of injuries. Overall fatality was found to be6,35%. Te highest case fatality was found in the infectious diseases group, while maximum of the total deaths (20.98%) occurred due to injuries. Consistency in provisional and final diagnosis was found in 86.20% of total oases. The annual turnover was 41 patients per bed per year
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