OBJECTIVES The aim of this study is to investigate associations between hospitalization for epilepsy and two factors: socioeconomic status and occupation. DESIGN AND SETTING A nationwide database was constructed in Sweden by linking the Swedish Census to the Hospital Discharge Register to obtain data on all first-time hospitalizations for epilepsy in adults in Sweden during the study period (...

The study aims to survey the mortality from asthma in different occupations among Swedish men. The design was a register based cohort study where the smoking adjusted mortality due to asthma among Swedish men 1971-80 was investigated. For each occupation a smoking adjusted standardised mortality ratio (SMR) was calculated based on a linkage between official mortality statistics 1971-80 and occu...

This column didn't appear in the October issue due to a clerical problem in the change of editorship.

This prospective study was conducted in a teaching hospital to identify and analyze medical errors in pediatric practice. All admitted children underwent surveillance for medical errors. Of 457 errors identified in 1286 children, medication errors were 313 (68.5%), those related to treatment procedures were 62 (13.6%) and to clerical procedures 82 (17.9%). Physiological factors accounted for 12...

In December 1868 we pointed out that in these days of report writing, when the existence of sundry departments absolutely depends on the labors of the medical executive, the amount of clerical work imposed on Civil Surgeons was getting formidable, and that by an official quibble they were supposed to have no office, and therefore no clerk or office allowance. Civil Surgeons were, therefore, com...

Abstract Objective To determine the continuity of care (CoC) provided by general practitioners among workers with low back pain; identify personal, workplace and social factors associated CoC in this population; investigate if is working time loss. Data sources An administrative database containing accepted workers’ compensation claim service level data, for pain from...