A research agenda for acute care services delivery in low- and middle-income countries

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1264-1271

  Moresky, Rachel T ^a,b   Bisanzo, Mark ^c   Rubenstein, Beth L ^a   Hubbard, Stephanie J ^a   Cohen, Hillary ^d   Ouyang, Helen ^b   Duber, Herbert C ^e   Marsh, Regan H ^f,g  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^d MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASES; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCOME; INJURY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; PARAMETERS; PERFORMANCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TRAINING;

CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES AS TOPIC; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; POVERTY; RESEARCH;

EID: 84890828305     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: 15532712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acem.12259     Document Type: Article

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