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