Emergency and trauma care in Pakistan: A cross-sectional study of healthcare levels

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 207-213

  Razzak, Junaid A ^a,b   Baqir, Syed M ^a   Khan, Uzma Rahim ^a   Heller, David ^c   Bhatti, Junaid ^a,d,e   Hyder, Adnan A ^b  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b Aman Healthcare Services   (Pakistan)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e Public Health Solutions Pakistan (Pvt) Limited   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PAKISTAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SECONDARY CARE CENTER; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STANDARDS;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN;

EID: 84923409953     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2013-202590     Document Type: Article

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