Reductions in Inpatient Mortality following Interventions to Improve Emergency Hospital Care in Freetown, Sierra Leone

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Clark, Matthew ^a   Spry, Emily ^b   Daoh, Kisito ^c   Baion, David ^d   Skordis Worrall, Jolene ^e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Welbodi Partnership Unit 14   (United Kingdom)

^c Minstry of Health and Sanitation   (Sierra Leone)

^d Ola During Children's Hospital   (Sierra Leone)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULSE OXIMETER; SIERRA LEONE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84866558016     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041458     Document Type: Article

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