Long-term trends of hospital admissions among patients with cancer following the 2015 earthquake: a single institution observational study in Kathmandu, Nepal.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:Little is known regarding how natural disasters affect patients with cancer in low-income and middle-income countries. The objective of the present study was to assess the impact of the 2015 Nepal earthquake on the admission of patients with cancer at a core medical institution in Kathmandu. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS:We considered all 3520 cancer patient admissions to Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, from 25 April 2013 to 24 April 2017 (2 years before and 2 years after the earthquake). OUTCOME MEASURES:The number of cancer patient admissions was calculated for each month. Using a negative binomial model, we estimated the incidence rate ratio (IRR) for admission numbers each month after the earthquake compared with the pre-earthquake baseline and investigated chrono

SUBMITTER: Uprety A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6609058 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature