Epidemiology of injuries, outcomes, and hospital resource utilisation at a tertiary teaching hospital in Lusaka, Zambia

Injuries represent a global public health threat and that threat is disproportionally felt especially in low and middle income countries (LMICs) that experience 90% of global mortality from injury. Few LMICs have robust datasets describing patient injuries and injury care. Objective: To develop a ho...

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Main Authors: Philip Seidenberg, Kathryn Cerwensky, Rae Oranmore Brown, Emily Hammond, Yona Mofu, James Lungu, Yakub Mulla, Godfrey Biemba, Hani Mowafi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-09-01
Series:African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211419X14000329