Intensive care unit capacity in low-income countries: A systematic review

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Murthy, Srinivas ^a   Leligdowicz, Aleksandra ^b   Adhikari, Neill K J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CAMBODIA; COMOROS; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; ERITREA; ETHIOPIA; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KENYA; MALAWI; MALI; NEPAL; NIGER; PATIENT REFERRAL; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TANZANIA; TOGO; UGANDA; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; INCOME; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HEALTH FACILITY SIZE; HUMANS; INCOME; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS;

EID: 84922051627     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116949     Document Type: Article

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