Patterns of hospital transfer for self-poisoned patients in rural Sri Lanka: implications for estimating the incidence of self-poisoning in the developing world

• Main Authors: Eddleston Michael (Author), Sudarshan K (Author), Senthilkumaran M (Author), Reginald K (Author), Karalliedde Lakshman (Author), Senarathna Lalith (Author), Silva Dhammika de (Author), Rezvi Sheriff MH (Author), Buckley Nick A (Author), Gunnell David (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: The World Health Organization, 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVES: Most data on self-poisoning in rural Asia have come from secondary hospitals. We aimed to: assess how transfers from primary to secondary hospitals affected estimates of case-fatality ratio (CFR); determine whether there was referral bias according to gender or poison; and estimate the a...