Mortality related to acute illness and injury in rural Uganda: Task shifting to improve outcomes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Chamberlain, Stacey ^a,b   Stolz, Uwe ^a,c   Dreifuss, Bradley ^a,c   Nelson, Sara W ^a,d   Hammerstedt, Heather ^a,e   Andinda, Jovita ^a,f   Maling, Samuel ^g   Bisanzo, Mark ^a,h  

^a Global Emergency Care Collaborative   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Idaho Emergency Physicians   (United States)

^f Karoli Lwanga Hospital   (Uganda)

^g MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE FATALITY RATE; CHILD; DYSENTERY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY NURSE PRACTITIONER; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SEPSIS; TASK SHIFTING MODEL; TUBERCULOSIS; UGANDA; ADOLESCENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; NEWBORN; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928966425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0122559     Document Type: Article

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