Reductions in inpatient mortality following interventions to improve emergency hospital care in Freetown, Sierra Leone.

BACKGROUND: The demand for high quality hospital care for children in low resource countries is not being met. This paper describes a number of strategies to improve emergency care at a children's hospital and evaluates the impact of these on inpatient mortality. In addition, the cost-effective...

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Main Authors: Matthew Clark, Emily Spry, Kisito Daoh, David Baion, Jolene Skordis-Worrall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3446969?pdf=render