Reasons for patients with non-urgent conditions attending the emergency department in Kenya: A qualitative study

Introduction: Scant literature exists on the non-urgent use of emergency departments in Sub-Saharan Africa and its effects on the provision of effective emergency care services. With the surge in the prevalence of non-communicable diseases compounded by an already prevailing significant problem of c...

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Main Authors: Caroline R. Matifary, Benjamin Wachira, Njeri Nyanja, Caroline Kathomi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-03-01
Series:African Journal of Emergency Medicine
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211419X20301014