Time trends, sociodemographic and health factors associated with discharge and length of stay of hospitalised patients with sickle cell disease in Ghana: a retrospective analysis of national routine health database

• Maria Blettner,
• Anthony Ofosu,
• Clement Tetteh Narh,
• Joyce Der,
• Daniel Wollschlaeger

Affiliations

Maria Blettner

4 Institute for Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Anthony Ofosu

Division of Policy, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana

Clement Tetteh Narh

Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Hohoe, Volta Region, Ghana

Joyce Der

Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Hohoe, Volta Region, Ghana

Daniel Wollschlaeger

Radiation Epidemiology, Johannes-Gutenberg Universitat Mainz Institut für Medizinische Biometrie Epidemiologie und Informatik, Mainz, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany