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Emergency medicine in Zanzibar: the effect of system changes in the emergency department

BACKGROUND: Mnazi Mmoja Hospital is a tertiary hospital in Zanzibar serving a population of 1.2 million. The emergency department was overcrowded and understaffed and the hospital management initiated a quality improvement project. The aim of this article is to describe the approach, methods and mai...

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Autores principales:	Thomassen, Oyvind, Mann, Clifford, Mbwana, Juma Salum, Brattebo, Guttorm
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2015
Materias:	Original Research
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4501336/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26191085 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12245-015-0072-5

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