BACKGROUND Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) have been regarded as a major public health problem since they represent a sizable percentage of admissions. Unfortunately, there is a wide variation of ADR related admissions among different studies. The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of ADR related admissions and its dependency on reporting and method of detection, urgency of admission...

BACKGROUND Several studies have shown a decrease in acute coronary syndrome (ACS) admissions after the implementation of 100% smoke-free legislation. However, no studies have been conducted in developing countries. METHODS We conducted a time series analysis of ACS hospital admissions in Santa Fe province and Buenos Aires city, Argentina. In 2006, Santa Fe implemented a 100% smoke-free law an...

BACKGROUND Sulphur dioxide (SO(2)) was associated with hospital admissions for asthma in children in the original APHEA study, but not with other respiratory admissions. AIMS To assess the association between daily levels of SO(2) and daily levels of respiratory admissions in a larger and more recent study. METHODS Time series of daily counts of hospital emergency admissions were constructe...

BACKGROUND Previous studies have reported increases in the number of hospital admissions for asthma in children. The aim of the present study was to examine the effect of readmissions on these increased hospital admissions and to investigate gender differences in asthma readmissions. METHODS The Provincial Government of Saskatchewan provides universal health care to its residents. Hospital ad...

BACKGROUND Cancer is a major cause of global morbidity and mortality. Since a high prevalence of functional impairments has been observed among cancer patients, rehabilitation has been proposed as a strategy to restore patients' functional independence. The increasing number of cancer patients combined with a growing need for rehabilitation may result in increased utilization of rehabilitation ...

conclusions according to the results obtained, the largest numbers of deaths and illnesses were due to the high average pm10 concentration or an increase in the number of days of exposure to this pollutant. background particulate matters have harmful effects on human health and can intensify mortality and disease. objectives the purpose of this study was to evaluate the health impacts of partic...

OBJECTIVE To examine the excess risk of hospitalisation in patients with incident atrial fibrillation (AF). DESIGN A nationwide, retrospective cohort study. SETTING Denmark. PARTICIPANTS Data on all admissions in Denmark from 1997 to 2009 were collected from nationwide registries. After exclusion of subjects previously admitted for AF, data on 4 602 264 subjects and 10 779 945 hospital ad...

BACKGROUND Overconsumption of alcohol affects health. Data from men from the West of Scotland Collaborative study were analysed to see how reported alcohol was related to acute and mental health hospital admissions. METHODS Men (N = 5772) from a prospective cohort study located in 27 workplaces in West and Central Scotland were screened when aged 35-64 in 1970-3. The number of acute and menta...

OBJECTIVE To determine the numbers of actual and expected psychiatric admissions for the residents of the district health authorities of England and to develop a model to indicate which social, health status, and service provision factors best explain the variation of the actual from the expected psychiatric admissions; to use this model to predict psychiatric admission for district health auth...