Open AccessTO ASSESS THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF DAY CARE SURGERY IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTER
Author(s) -
Sadat Ullah Khan,
Fauzia Arif
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of medical and biomedical studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-8698
pISSN - 2589-868X
DOI - 10.32553/ijmbs.v4i6.1200
Subject(s) - medicine , tertiary care , age groups , epidemiology , health care , age limit , pediatrics , medical care , general surgery , family medicine , demography , sociology , economics , economic growth
Background: Day care surgery offers advantages for health care delivery system around the world and so rates have steadily increased in both developed and developing countries.
Methods: This study has been done in a single unit of the Department of General surgery at S M S Medical college, Jaipur on patients attending the OPD as well as admitted for surgery
Results: There was no age limit in our study. Out of 100 patients 11 were of age group 0-20 years, 55 were of age group 21-40 years, 25 were of age group 41-60 years, 9 were of age group >60 years.
Conclusion: Age and sex was not any criteria for patient selection for day care surgery.
Keywords: Age, Sex, Distance.