Effects of the West Africa Ebola virus disease on health-care utilization - A systematic review

Frontiers in Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue OCT, 2016, Pages

  Ribacke, Kim J Brolin ^a   Saulnier, Dell D ^a   Eriksson, Anneli ^a   Schreeb, Johan von ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ebola virus disease, West Africa; Health systems; Indirect health effects; Infectious disease outbreak; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015289335     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/FPUBH.2016.00222     Document Type: Article

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