HEALTH CARE IN HAITI; A MANUAL OF STATISTICAL NORMS, PROCEDURES AND FORMS FOR DSPP (DEPARTEMENT DE LA SANTE PUBLIQUE ET DE LA POPULATION)

Begins with material on the legal foundation and general functions of the Statistics Central Section, Department of Public Health and Population. Includes discussions of the organization of statistics services, equipment and personnel resources of health institutions such as hospitals, health centers, dispensaries. Various stages of the process of medical attention provided to a patient are described. Also includes lists of definitions of medical/health terms and health indexes, as well as methods of calculating and recording vital statistics and other health information, according to international classification proposed by WHO. Appended are lists of forms used to compile health statistics at the institutional level and within the medical record; and forms used by regional and central statistics offices to collect data.