The evolution and current state of emergency care in Ghana

African Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 52-58

  Osei Ampofo, Maxwell ^a   Oduro, George ^a   Oteng, Rockefeller ^a,b   Zakariah, Ahmed ^c   Jacquet, Gabrielle ^d   Donkor, Peter ^e  

^a KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ghana)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Accident and emergency; Emergency; Emergency care; Ghana; Kath

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIARRHEA; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EVOLUTION; GHANA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INJURY; MALARIA; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 84877976655     PISSN: 2211419X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.afjem.2012.11.006     Document Type: Note

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