Strengthening emergency care by developing data collection systems in low- and middle-income countries

Strengthening emergency care by developing data collection systems in low- and middle-income countries

Emergency care surveillance as well as registries of emergency care are largely absent in most LMICs. Improper data systems in Emergency Department create an important gap in our understanding about the health of large portions of the population. Clinical data systems in LMICs and lower-resource set...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Aaditya Katyal, Akshay Kumar, Preethy Rajesh, Roshan Mathew, Sanjeev Bhoi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-03-01
Series:African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Subjects:
Data collection systems
Emergency department
Epidemiology studies
Electronic health record
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211419X20301002
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Summary:Emergency care surveillance as well as registries of emergency care are largely absent in most LMICs. Improper data systems in Emergency Department create an important gap in our understanding about the health of large portions of the population. Clinical data systems in LMICs and lower-resource settings will foster research and generation of contextualized evidence.
ISSN:2211-419X

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