摘要："Background: To facilitate the na-tional objective under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (RPWD) it is essential to collect, compilate and analyse the data on disability at each level of health care and identify the constraints with same. The study conducted to as-sess the type of Disability certifi-cates issued in tertiary care hospital; to identify the socio-demographic factors among Disability certificate beneficiaries; and to determine the degree of disability among Disabil-ity certificate beneficiaries. Methodology: A cross-sectional study of on all type disability certifi-cates issued as per (IDEAS) at a ter-tiary care hospital for three year pe-riod was done using a predesigned proform; disability certificates with complete details alone were includ-ed in the study ,data was analysed by SPSS 16 Results: 2437 certificates were is-sued .majority by 25.2% orthopae-dics, 1.97 male: female disabled gen-der ratio. 30.4% disabled belong to vulnerable age group. 59% from ru-ral locality, moderate degree disabil-ity commonest. Gender &locality; and gender °ree; of disability statisti-cally significant (p<0.05) Conclusions: there is an increasing trend in utilization of disability cer-tificates at district hospital. Margin-alization of disabled woman needs further exploration.".
关键词：disability certificates; district hospi;tal; assessment
