Características de morbilidad en funcionarios de una universidad estatal de Costa Rica, América Central

 

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Author: Arce, Lourdes
Format: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Publication Date:2014
Description:Morbidity is an important indicator of the causes of mortality in a population, and its study allows focusing preventive health activities. This report presents data on the medical service of a state university in Costa Rica whose participants were the employees who became outpatients from January 19, 2009 to December 14, 2012. I analized 2 010 electronic medical files. The main findings were that 53% of the population had between 1-10 annual consultations, young adults and adults consult in the same proportion. There were weekly and monthly cycles, just like in other health services in Costa Rica. The occupation and socioeconomic status (presented in some other studies as determinants of morbidity) in this population are not different from those in the national population. Many consultations are related to poor hygiene, inadequate diet and a sedentary lifestyle as well as to poor postural hygiene.
Country:Portal de Revistas UNED
Institution:Universidad Estatal a Distancia
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNED
Language:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.investiga.uned.ac.cr:article/310
Online Access:https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/cuadernos/article/view/310
Keyword:Morbidity
outpatient
state university of Costa Rica
national health pattern
Morbilidad
consulta externa
universidad estatal de Costa Rica
patrón nacional de salud