Providing emergency care and assessing a patient triage system in a referral hospital in Somaliland: A cross-sectional study

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Sunyoto, Temmy ^a   Van Den Bergh, Rafael ^b   Valles, Pola ^b   Gutierrez, Reinaldo ^a   Ayada, Latifa ^b   Zachariah, Rony ^b   Yassin, Abdi ^c   Hinderaker, Sven Gudmund ^d   Harries, Anthony D ^e  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

^c Ministry of Health   (Somalia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emergency care; Resource poor; SATS; Somaliland; Triage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DJIBOUTI; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT REFERRAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DJIBOUTI; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TRIAGE;

EID: 84920854581     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-014-0531-3     Document Type: Article

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