Research Article: Magnitude of Neonatal Admission Diagnosis and Associated Factors at Selected Hospitals in Wollo, Northeast Ethiopia
Abstract:
Millions of babies are born each year, and a significant number of them are admitted to hospitals for various reasons. Neonatal admission generally refers to the admission of a newborn < days old to a health facility for medical care. Neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) provide life support to newborns; however, admission to an NICU entails risk for families and their admitted infants, including high costs., Admission to the NICU interrupts the mother–infant bonding and establishment of breastfeeding., Neonatal mortality and newborn compromise is a major concern in sub-Saharan Africa, and their rates reflect a nation’s socioeconomic status, efficiency, and effectiveness of health-care services. Ethiopia is one of the countries where newborn mortality and morbidity are the highest.
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