| Journal: | The brazilian journal of infectious diseases |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000291018 |
| ISSN: | 1413-8670 |
| Authors: | Sabbatani, Sergio1 Baldi, Elena2 Manfredi, Roberto Chiodo, Francesco |
| Institutions: | 1Universita degli Studi di Bologna "Alma Mater Studiorum", Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale, Bolonia, Emilia Romaña. Italia 2Universita degli Studi di Bologna "Alma Mater Studiorum", Ministero della Sanità e Pubblica Assistenza, Bolonia, Emilia Romaña. Italia |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Season: | Abr |
| Volumen: | 10 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Pages: | 66-77 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Caso clínico |
| English abstract | BACKGROUND: The emergency regarding recent immigration waves into Italy makes continued healthcare monitoring of these populations necessary. METHODS: Through a survey of hospital admissions carried out during the last five years at the S. Orsola-Malpighi General Hospital of Bologna (Italy), all causes of admission of these subjects were evaluated, together with their correlates. Subsequently, we focused on admissions due to infectious diseases. All available data regarding foreign citizens admitted as inpatients or in Day-Hospital settings of our teaching hospital from January 1, 1999, to March 31, 2004, were assessed. Diagnosis-related group (DRG) features, and single discharge diagnoses, were also evaluated, and a further assessment of infectious diseases was subsequently made. RESULTS: Within a comprehensive pool of 339,051 hospitalized patients, foreign citizen discharges numbered 7,312 (2.15%), including 2,542 males (34.8%) and 4,769 females (65.2%). Males had a mean age of 36.8±14.7 years, while females were aged 30.8±12.2 years. In the assessment of the areas of origin, 34.6% of hospitalizations were attributed to patients coming from Eastern Europe, 15.3% from Northern Africa, 7.3% (comprehensively) from Western Europe and United States, 6.9% from the Indian subcontinent, 5.9% from sub-Saharan Africa, 5.7% from Latin America, 4.1% from China, 2.5% from the Philippines, and 1.1% from the Middle East. Among women, most hospitalizations (58.8%) were due to obstetrical-gynecological procedures or diseases, including assistance |
| Disciplines: | Medicina, Demografía |
| Keyword: | Hospitales, Salud pública, Asentamientos humanos, Ciudadanos extranjeros, Hospitalización, Inmigración, Epidemiología, Diagnóstico clínico, Infecciones, Resultados |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Demography, Hospitals, Public health, Human settlements, Foreign citizens, Hospitalization, Immigration, Epidemiology, Clinical diagnosis, Infectious diseases, Outcome assessment |
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