The overloading situation of some hospitals in Hanoi and the solutions to solve this problem
- Author:
Pham Le Tuan
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
hospital overloads,
- MeSH:
hospitals;
Solutions;
- From:Journal of Medical and Pharmaceutical Information
2003;0(4):22-26
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Retrospective study on the situation of over loading at Viet Duc Hospital, Saint Paul Hospital, Hanoi Gynaecology Hospital and Gia Lam District Hospital was carried out from 1999 to 2002. 400 inpatient medical records at internal medicine, surgical, gynecological, and pediatric departments; 100 specialistic medical records were studied; Patients were asked to answer Questionnaire; and officers of Hanoi Health Service and leaders of 4 hospitals were organized group discussions. Results: through 4 years all these hospitals have always been over loaded with both out patient and in patient. On average, 1 doctor has examined 25.5-33.5 patients a day. Over loading occurred frequently in some departments and in epidemic seasons. The causes might be both in hospital and out hospital leading to overloading. Authors also proposed some solutions to resolve this problem
