3.5. Indoor Morbidity:

Inpatient morbidity and mortality data are collected by individual hospitals through quarterly returns which are sent to the medical statistical unit, Colombo for further analysis. The timeliness of sending these data and quality of the available data are still not up to the expected standards. Curative care institutions of the Central Province have started e-IMMR parallel to the national programme, to overcome these issues.

Table 3.5.1. shows that persons encountering health services for Traumatic Injuries ranked top in hospital morbidity in all three districts. This clear evidence of a large number of patients with injuries admitting to the hospitals suggests the researchers and policy makers to think of new research studies and alternative solutions.

Table 3.5.1. Leading causes of hospitalization in Central Province