title: Hospitalisation due to infectious and parasitic diseases in District Civil Hospital, Belgaum, Karnataka.
abstract: To assess the burden of infectious and parasitic diseases on hospital services at District Civil Hospital (DCH) Belgaum, a retrospective study was carried out using discharge records concerning 8506 inpatients due to infectious and parasitic diseases among 95,655 patients admitted for all causes during the reference period 2000-2003. Out of the 21 causes of infectious and parasitic diseases, only 5 contributed maximally towards hospital admission. The most frequent cause was intestinal infections (44.0%) followed by tuberculosis (35.4%). 57.5% of these admissions were from the productive age group of 20-54 years. Tuberculosis is the most important disease in terms of hospital bed days (59.7%). Tuberculosis and intestinal infectious diseases represent more than three-fourth of the overall burden in terms of hospital bed days.
authors.affiliation: Regional Medical Research Centre, Indian Council of Medical Research, Nehru Nagar, Belgaum, Karnataka. ashokcnaik@yahoo.com
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Naik
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhat
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Kholkute
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003141:Communicable Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010272:Parasitic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution; D055815:Young Adult