HOSPITAL BURDEN IN TERMS OF BED OCCUPANCY DUE TO NON-PAKISTANI PATIENTS: A MAJOR CONCERN IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL, PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN

Abstract

Background

Patients who fulfill the criteria for admission should be admitted for a proper workup and better management. Several factors such as the vast number of patients from nearby countries, cause difficulty in getting a chance of admission.

Materials and methods:

This retrospective data analysis was conducted between December 1, 2021, and November 30, 2022, at the Khyber Teaching Hospital in Peshawar. From the hospital's electronic database, 89186 patients were identified and analyzed using the statistical program SPSS 20.

Results: A total of 89186 patients were admitted to the hospital in one year, with 50167 (56.2%) women and 38997 (43.2%) men. The majority of patients (98.3%) came from Pakistan, followed by 1419 (1.6%) from Afghanistan, and 98 (0.1%) from Albania, El Salvador, Heard and McDonald Islands, Panama, Reunion, St. Lucia, Yemen, and Zambia. With a standard deviation of 6.37 (SD+6.37), the average length of stay was 3.98 days.

Conclusion: Foreign patients made up 1.7% of those who were admitted, and their average stay was 3.98 days.

Keywords: Bed occupancy, Hospital Burden, Pakistani patients