title: Pattern of outpatient laboratory service consumption in a teaching hospital in Gondar, Ethiopia.
abstract: A one year laboratory service analysis for outpatient service consumers of Gondar College of Medical Sciences Hospital was done. Data were gathered through a daily registry prospectively. 17,471 patients visited the laboratory between October 1994 and September 1995. 47.9% were from Gondar town. 72.5% paid for the services. Children under 15 made up only 11.8% of service consumers. In the year, a total of 27,982 laboratory tests were requested, 48% of which were in urinalysis and parasitology. Most of the requests could be handled by upgraded peripheral laboratories leaving room for the unit to act as a training and back-up centre.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Gondar College of Medical Science, Ethiopia.
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authors.lastname: Kassu
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authors.lastname: Aseffa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005002:Ethiopia; D005260:Female; D006302:Health Services Research; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014504:Urban Health