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[Marked decrease in the number of hospitalizations for gonococcal infections in The Netherlands from 1981-1988]
L K van Romunde1, D L Stronks, S E Rijpma
1Stichting Informatiecentrum voor de Gezondheidszorg, Utrecht.
Nederlands Tijdschrift Voor Geneeskunde
|July 17, 1993
Abstract:
The number of admissions for gonococcal infections in the Netherlands fell strongly over the period 1981 to 1988, in particular in the 15 to 40-year age group. The decline can only partly be explained by a change in sexual behaviour associated with the fear of AIDS. The change from clinical to outpatient treatment of these infections offers no explanation either because the number of outpatients treated dropped substantially as well.