A descriptive analysis of the casemix presenting to a tertiary hospital emergency centre in East London, South Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Emergency centres are most often the point of entry to the healthcare system for patients presenting with emergencies. Even though emergency medicine has developed rapidly in certain regions of South Africa, it is yet to flourish in the Eastern Cape. A paucity of data exists with regards to the demographic and disease profile of patients presenting to Eastern Cape emergency centres. This study describes the casemix presenting to a tertiary hospital emergency centre in East London in the Eastern Cape.

Methods

A retrospective descriptive study was conducted of all patients presenting to Frere Hospital emergency centre from 1st of August 2019 to 31^st of October 2019. Data were manually collected from the emergency centre paper-based register for the stud

SUBMITTER: Taljaard L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9249588 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature