Open AccessInpatient dermatology: Characteristics of patients and admissions in a tertiary level hospital in Eastern India
Author(s) -
Arpita Sen,
Satyendranath Chowdhury,
Indrasish Poddar,
Debabrata Bandyopadhyay
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology/indian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1998-3611
pISSN - 0019-5154
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5154.190104
Subject(s) - medicine , specialty , psoriasis , retrospective cohort study , medical record , tertiary care , tertiary referral hospital , emergency medicine , referral , pityriasis rosea , pediatrics , dermatology , family medicine
Dermatology is primarily a non-acute, outpatient-centered clinical specialty, but substantial number of patients need indoor admission for adequate management. Over the years, the need for inpatient facilities in Dermatology has grown manifold; however, these facilities are available only in some tertiary centers.