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Leaving Against Medical Advice From In-patients Departments Rate, Reasons and Predicting Risk Factors for Re-visiting Hospital Retrospective Cohort From a Tertiary Care Hospital [PDF]
International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2019 Background Approximately 1% to 2% of hospitalized patients get discharged or leave from the hospital against medical advice and up to 26% in some centers. They have higher readmission rate and risk of complications than patients who receive complete care.
Obada Hasan +6 more
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Fertility in Developing Countries [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2007 The associations between fertility and outcomes in the family and society have been treated as causal, but this is inaccurate if fertility is a choice coordinated by families with other life-cycle decisions, including labour supply of mothers and children, child human capital, and savings.
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ADHD in developing countries [PDF]
British Journal of Psychiatry, 2004 It is with much interest that we read the editorial on attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) by Paul McArdle ([2004][1]). The argument regarding culture and ADHD was of particular interest to us. ADHD is a condition that was unheard of in developing countries a few decades ago. However,
K A L A, Kuruppuarachchi, L T, Wijeratne
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University of Ottawa Journal of Medicine, 2016 Background: Medical electives in developing countries present challenges in their planning and execution. We are two University of Ottawa Medical School students who recently completed a 3-week pre-clerkship elective in Butare, Rwanda and have insight ...
Hashim Kareemi, Victoria Rose Myers
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Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Care, 2018 Purpose: To report clinical characteristics and demography of retinoblastoma managed in a tertiary eye hospital in a remote area in a developing country. Methods: This is a descriptive retrospective study. Clinical characteristics were gender, age, tumor
Golda Asina Miranda +1 more
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Predictors of Neonatal Mortality in a Tertiary Institution of a Developing Country [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Neonatology, 2020 Background: Nigeria continues to have one of the highest rates of neonatal deaths in Africa. Hospital-based studies had implicated prematurity, neonatal sepsis, poor antenatal care, and perinatal asphyxia as major causes of neonatal mortality. This study
Komomo Ibor Eyong +3 more
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The Pan African Medical Journal, 2014 INTRODUCTION: Outcome of patients admitted to PICU can be evaluated by many illness severity scoring systems. This prospective observational study evaluated the outcome of patients admitted to PICU in Fayoum University hospital of a developing country ...
Osama El Sayed Mohamed Bekhit +2 more
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Relevance of disability models from the perspective of a developing country: An analysis [PDF]
, 2013 This article is based on an ongoing research work in Ghana, a developing country. It examines various models of disability based on the works of scholars such as Branson, J and Miller, D (1989); Higgins, P (1992); and Barton, L (1996); and explains the ...
Amponsah-Bediako, Kofi
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Infrastructure and Societal Restlessness in a Developing Country (A Case of Nigeria) [PDF]
, 2016 The urban population and areas are growing fast and, consequently, the urban infrastructural facilities have to meet the needs of rapidly increasing users.
Kolawole, Ajisola, Thomas +3 more
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Food safety issues, trade and WTO rules: a developing country perspective [PDF]
, 2015 The SPS Agreement and the related WTO dispute settlement mechanism are an important first step in strengthening the global trade architecture, bringing in greater transparency and orderly conditions to world food trade. However, implementation of the new
Jayasuriya, Sisira +1 more
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