Emergency Obstetric Referral in Rural Sierra Leone: What Can Motorbike Ambulances Contribute? A Mixed-Methods Study

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1038-1043

  Bhopal, Sunil S ^a,b   Halpin, Stephen J ^c   Gerein, Nancy ^d  

^a NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Minister for Health and Population Nepal   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Delivery of health care; Developing countries; Maternal mortality; Sierra Leone; Transport

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULANCE; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL MORTALITY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR VEHICLE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL POPULATION; SIERRA LEONE; STATISTICS; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AMBULANCES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL DEATH; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; OFF-ROAD MOTOR VEHICLES; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL POPULATION; SIERRA LEONE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84880514734     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-012-1086-8     Document Type: Article

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