Accessibility of basic paediatric emergency care in Malawi: analysis of a national facility census
Abstract Background Emergency care is among the weakest parts of health systems in low-income countries with both quality and accessibility constraints. Previous studies estimated accessibility to surgical or emergency care based on population travel times to nearest hospital with no assessment of h...
Main Authors: | Emily White Johansson, Cecilia Lindsjö, Daniel J. Weiss, Humphreys Nsona, Katarina Ekholm Selling, Norman Lufesi, Helena Hildenwall |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2020-06-01
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Series: | BMC Public Health |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-020-09043-3 |
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