The clinical demand and supply of blood in India: A National level estimation study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Estimating the clinical demand for blood and components arising in a health facility is crucial to ensure timely availability of blood. This study aims to estimate disease-specific clinical demand, supply and utilization of whole blood and components in India.

Methods

We conducted a national level cross-sectional study in five randomly selected states from five regions of the country. We included 251 public and private facilities representing primary, secondary and tertiary care facilities. We collected annual disease-specific demand, supply and utilization of blood and components using a structured tool. We estimated the national demand by extrapolating the study data (demand and beds) to the total number of estimated beds in the country.

Findings

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SUBMITTER: Mammen JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8986005 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature