A cross-sectional survey of critical care services in Sri Lanka: A lower middle-income country

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 764-768

  Haniffa, Rashan ^a,b,c   De Silva, A Pubudu ^a,d   Iddagoda, Saman ^a   Batawalage, Hasini ^a   De Silva, S Terrance G R ^a   Mahipala, Palitha G ^a   Dondorp, Arjen ^b   de Keizer, Nicolette ^e   Jayasinghe, Saroj ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sri Lanka)

^b MAHIDOL OXFORD TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^d King's College London   (United Kingdom)

^e ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Critical care resources; Critical care services; Critical care staffing; Lower middle income country

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN; WATER;

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTRICITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; INCOME; INFUSION PUMP; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENSIVIST; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MONITOR; NURSE; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; SRI LANKA; TELEPHONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL BUILDING; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NURSE PATIENT RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STAFF TRAINING; HOSPITALIZATION; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; MANPOWER; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CRITICAL CARE; CRITICAL CARE NURSING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING STAFF; SRI LANKA;

EID: 84906066942     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2014.04.021     Document Type: Article

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