Cardiac critical care in resource-limited environments lessons from Tanzania

Global Heart

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 311-318

  Chillo, Pilly ^a   Humphrey, Stephen H ^a,b   Meda, John ^a   Kerry, Vanessa B ^c,d,e,f  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b Global Health Delivery Partnership   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f Seed Global Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC CRITICAL CARE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TANZANIA; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEART DISEASES; MANPOWER; TRENDS;

CRITICAL CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FORECASTING; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84927618140     PISSN: 22118160     EISSN: 22118179     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2014.06.004     Document Type: Review

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