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Annual Report of the Department of Health 2010 - Unrwa

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Table 34 - In-patient care at <strong>the</strong> UNRWA hospital (Qalqilia, West Bank), in <strong>2010</strong><br />

Indicators<br />

Number <strong>of</strong> beds 63<br />

Patients admitted 6 133<br />

Bed days utilized 14 091<br />

Average daily bed occupancy 61.0 %<br />

Average stay in days 2.3<br />

7000<br />

6500<br />

6000<br />

5500<br />

5000<br />

4794<br />

5406<br />

6657<br />

6545<br />

6026<br />

6142 6133<br />

4500<br />

4000<br />

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 <strong>2010</strong><br />

Figure 38–Patients admitted at Qalqilia hospital, 2004 – <strong>2010</strong><br />

Figure 38–Patients admitted at Qalqilia hospital, 2004 – <strong>2010</strong><br />

Age distribution <strong>of</strong> patients<br />

The analysis <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> age distribution <strong>of</strong> patients hospitalized during <strong>2010</strong> showed that 30.7% were children below 15 years <strong>of</strong> age (Table 35).<br />

The majority <strong>of</strong> hospitalized patients were between 15 and 44 years <strong>of</strong> age.<br />

Table 35 - Age distribution <strong>of</strong> hospitalized patients in <strong>2010</strong><br />

Field<br />

No. <strong>of</strong><br />

hospitalized<br />

patients<br />

Age group (years) in%<br />

0-4 5-14 15-44 45+<br />

Allage<br />

groups<br />

Jordan 19,859 0.5 4.6 87.7 7.2 100<br />

Lebanon 25,763 17.7 9.6 37.1 35.6 100<br />

Syria 8,543 11.4 8.1 51.8 28.7 100<br />

Gaza Strip 4,575 1.4 8.5 61.3 28.8 100<br />

West Bank 27,213 16.1 43.5 28.1 12.3 100<br />

Agency 85,953 11.7 19.0 48.7 20.6 100<br />

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