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Institutional mortality rate and cause of death at health facilities in Ghana between 2014 and 2018
| العنوان: | Institutional mortality rate and cause of death at health facilities in Ghana between 2014 and 2018 |
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| المؤلفون: | Owusu, Adobea Yaa, Kushitor, Sandra Boatemaa, Ofosu, Anthony Adofo, Kushitor, Mawuli Komla, Ayi, Atsu, Awoonor-Williams, John Koku |
| المساهمون: | Wilunda, Calistus |
| المصدر: | PLOS ONE ; volume 16, issue 9, page e0256515 ; ISSN 1932-6203 |
| بيانات النشر: | Public Library of Science (PLoS) |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| المجموعة: | PLOS Publications (via CrossRef) |
| الوصف: | Background The epidemiological transition, touted as occurring in Ghana, requires research that tracks the changing patterns of diseases in order to capture the trend and improve healthcare delivery. This study examines national trends in mortality rate and cause of death at health facilities in Ghana between 2014 and 2018. Methods Institutional mortality data and cause of death from 2014–2018 were sourced from the Ghana Health Service’s District Health Information Management System. The latter collates healthcare service data routinely from government and non-governmental health institutions in Ghana yearly. The institutional mortality rate was estimated using guidelines from the Ghana Health Service. Percent change in mortality was examined for 2014 and 2018. In addition, cause of death data were available for 2017 and 2018. The World Health Organisation’s 11 th International Classification for Diseases (ICD-11) was used to group the cause of death. Results Institutional mortality decreased by 7% nationally over the study period. However, four out of ten regions (Greater Accra, Volta, Upper East, and Upper West) recorded increases in institutional mortality. The Upper East (17%) and Volta regions (13%) recorded the highest increase. Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) were the leading cause of death in 2017 (25%) and 2018 (20%). This was followed by certain infectious and parasitic diseases (15% for both years) and respiratory infections (10% in 2017 and 13% in 2018). Among the NCDs, hypertension was the leading cause of death with 2,243 and 2,472 cases in 2017 and 2018. Other (non-ischemic) heart diseases and diabetes were the second and third leading NCDs. Septicaemia, tuberculosis and pneumonia were the predominant infectious diseases. Regional variations existed in the cause of death. NCDs showed more urban-region bias while infectious diseases presented more rural-region bias. Conclusions This study examined national trends in mortality rate and cause of death at health facilities in Ghana. Ghana ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| اللغة: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0256515 |
| الاتاحة: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256515 https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256515 |
| Rights: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.8DE161A6 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0256515 |
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