Changes in patient admissions after the 2015 Earthquake: a tertiary hospital-based study in Kathmandu, Nepal
Abstract
Literature on earthquake impact on hospital admissions is lacking, particularly in low-resource settings. Our aim was to study the pattern of admissions before and after the 2015 earthquake in a tertiary hospital in Nepal. We used routine hospital data from 9,596 admissions, and defined four periods: pre-earthquake (pre-EQ), acute (EQ1), post-acute (EQ2), and post-earthquake (post-EQ). We compared length of hospital stay (LOS) across the study...
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Title
Changes in patient admissions after the 2015 Earthquake: a tertiary hospital-based study in Kathmandu, Nepal
Published Date
Mar 18, 2020
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Volume
10
Issue
1
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