Qatar Annual Health Report 2008
General Info
This annual report contains data compiled from the Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) and the Qatar Supreme Council of Health. The six chapters of the report include: health and economic indicators, available health resources, utilization of primary healthcare services, inpatient discharges diagnoses for five HMC hospitals, and vital health statistics (infectious diseases reported, immunization coverage, number of deaths). The HMC hospitals providing data are the Hamad General Hospital, Women's Hospital, Rumailah Hospital, Al Amal Hospital, and Al Khor Hospital. Comprehensive tabulations list inpatient discharges from HMC hospitals by ICD-9-CM code, 5-year age group, nationality, and sex. Additional tables provide information on number of deaths by ICD-10 major category, nationality, and sex.