Sociodemographic factors associated with time to discharge for hospitalised patients with asthma and asthma exacerbation using the Ghana Health Service District Information Management System 2 (DHIMS-2) database, 2012–2017

ObjectiveData on asthma hospitalisations are a useful source of patient morbidity information. In Ghana, the length of stay (LoS) and sociodemographic factors of patients hospitalised for asthma and its exacerbation are understudied. We aimed to investigate the time to discharge and assessed factors...

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Published in:	BMJ open respiratory research Vol. 8; no. 1; p. e001034
Main Authors:	Narh, Clement T, Der, Joyce B, Afetor, Maxwell, Ofosu, Anthony, Blettner, Maria, Wollschlaeger, Daniel
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England British Thoracic Society 01.11.2021 BMJ Publishing Group LTD BMJ Publishing Group
Subjects:	Adult Age Asthma Asthma - epidemiology Asthma - therapy Child Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Codes COPD exacerbations Disease Educational attainment Female Ghana - epidemiology Health facilities Health insurance Health services Hospitalization Hospitals Humans Information Management Low income groups Mortality Patient Discharge Patients Population Retrospective Studies Risk factors Sociodemographic Factors Sociodemographics Ghana United States > US Africa COPD exacerbations asthma asthma epidemiology
ISSN:	2052-4439, 2052-4439
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