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Causes of neonatal admissions and deaths at a rural hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

One of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG-4) is to reduce child mortality by up to two-thirds by 2015. In most developing countries, a higher proportion of neonatal deaths are observed. We quantify the causes of neonatal morbidity and mortality at a rural hospital. A retrospective review of consecutive neonatal admissions to Empangeni Hospital, between January and December 2005, was conducte...

Unnotified deaths and hospital admissions for tuberculosis in the municipality of Rio de Janeiro.

OBJECTIVE To analyze underreporting of deaths and hospital admissions from tuberculosis to the Information System for Notifiable Diseases (SINAN). METHODS Cases with tuberculosis as basic or associated cause of death were selected from the Brazilian Mortality Information System (SIM) and hospital admissions for tuberculosis as main or secondary cause from the Hospital Information System of th...

Comparison of the seasonal patterns of asthma identified in general practitioner episodes, hospital admissions, and deaths.

BACKGROUND Seasonal variations in asthma are widely recognised. This study was undertaken to investigate the relative differences in seasonal patterns by age as they impact on episodes of care in general practice, hospital admissions, and deaths. METHODS General practice episode data from the Weekly Returns Service of the Royal College of General Practitioners, hospital admissions for asthma ...

[Correction approach for underreporting of deaths and hospital admissions due to ill-defined causes].

OBJECTIVE To propose a correction approach for underreporting and relocation of ill-defined causes of morbidity and mortality in the National Health System Mortality and Hospital Information Systems. METHODS Modified James-Stein empirical Bayes estimators for events in delimited geographic areas were applied as a correction approach for underreporting in Brazilian municipalities in 2001. RE...