Understanding barriers to emergency care in low-income countries: View from the front line

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 467-470

  Levine, Adam C ^a   Presser, David Z ^a   Rosborough, Stephanie ^a   Ghebreyesus, Tedros A ^b   Davis, Mark A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Tigray Regional Ministry of Health   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

barriers to care; emergency medical services; emergency medicine; global; health education; international; prehospital medicine; transportation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 38449111397     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00005240     Document Type: Article

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