Overloading in the Department of Surgical diagnosis in the Pediatric Hospital N01, Ho Chi Minh City in 2002
- Author:
Nguyen Van Cu
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Pediatric Hospital N01
- MeSH:
Health Services;
Pediatrics;
Child;
diagnosis
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2003;454(6):65-67
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
An inquiry conducted with 410 pediatric patients showed that in March 2002, the overloading increased 4 times in comparing with the designed indicator. The causes are that: 71.8% did not visited the local health station because of the loss of believe due to the lack of pediatric specialty, 60% because of prolingation of treatment without helpfulness, 13.2% because of the lack of equipment, 10% because of the bad quality of physicians, 0.7% because of the poor administration and management. Therefore it must promote and strengthen the quality of local health services, consolidate the network of pediatrics diagnosis and treatment at provincial level, and that of HCM City to favorize the function of higher level of specialization and of pediatric profession
