Intensive care in low-income countries - A critical need

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 367, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 1974-1976

  Firth, Paul ^a   Ttendo, Stephen ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ORGANOPHOSPHATE;

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PERITONITIS; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SHORT SURVEY; UGANDA; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84869419977     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1204957     Document Type: Article

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