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Is there a relationship between overcrowding and repeated admissions among the children admitted to raediatric unit at the university teaching hospital Lusaka?/ Flavia Sampa Chundu.

By: Chundu, Flavia Sampa.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: . Publisher: Lusaka; University of Zambia, School of Medicine, 1984Description: 44p.Subject(s): Hospitals --Admission --Zambia | Hospitalization --ChildrenDissertation note: A study submitted in partial fullfilment of the requirements for the award of a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing. Summary: The purpose of the study was to find out whether there is a relationship between overcrowding and repeated admissions among children admitted to the pediatric wing of the UTH. The UTH paediatric wing with a capacity of 235 beds admits 400-500 patients and this results in overcrowding as 2 to 3 patients are nursed in one bed or cot.
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A study submitted in partial fullfilment of the requirements for the award of a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing.

Includes bibliographical references.

The purpose of the study was to find out whether there is a relationship between overcrowding and repeated admissions among children admitted to the pediatric wing of the UTH. The UTH paediatric wing with a capacity of 235 beds admits 400-500 patients and this results in overcrowding as 2 to 3 patients are nursed in one bed or cot.

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