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Mapping physical access to healthcare for older adults in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-sectional analysis with implications for the COVID-19 response
BACKGROUND: SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), is rapidly spreading across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Hospital-based care for COVID-19 is particularly often needed among older adults. However, a key barrier to accessing hospital care in SSA is travel time to the health...
Autores principales: | Geldsetzer, Pascal, Reinmuth, Marcel, Ouma, Paul O., Lautenbach, Sven, Okiro, Emelda A., Bärnighausen, Till, Zipf, Alexander |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7386521/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32743597 http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.17.20152389 |
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