A cohort study of survival following discharge from hospital in rural Tanzanian children using linked data of admissions with community-based demographic surveillance

A cohort study of survival following discharge from hospital in rural Tanzanian children using linked data of admissions with community-based demographic surveillance

Abstract Background To illustrate the public health potential of linking individual bedside data with community-based household data in a poor rural setting, we estimated excess pediatric mortality risk after discharge from St Francis Designated District Hospital in Ifakara, Tanzania. Methods Linked...

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Main Authors: Oscar Mukasa, Honorati Masanja, Don DeSavigny, Joanna Schellenberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-03-01
Series:Emerging Themes in Epidemiology
Subjects:
Demographic
Clinical
Household
Mortality
Children
Cohort
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12982-021-00094-4

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12982-021-00094-4

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