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Emergency and urgent care capacity in a resource-limited setting: an assessment of health facilities in western Kenya

OBJECTIVE: Injuries, trauma and non-communicable diseases are responsible for a rising proportion of death and disability in low-income and middle-income countries. Delivering effective emergency and urgent healthcare for these and other conditions in resource-limited settings is challenging. In thi...

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Autores principales:	Burke, Thomas F, Hines, Rosemary, Ahn, Roy, Walters, Michelle, Young, David, Anderson, Rachel Eleanor, Tom, Sabrina M, Clark, Rachel, Obita, Walter, Nelson, Brett D
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BMJ Publishing Group 2014
Materias:	Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4179582/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25260371 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006132

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