Rational design of an essential diagnostics network to support Universal Health Coverage: a modeling analysis

• Main Authors: Lee F. Schroeder (Author), Yvonne Dei-Adomakoh (Author), Kristen DeStigter (Author), Emmanuel O. Idigbe (Author), John Flanigan (Author), Priscilla Mawuli Awo Ekpale (Author), Ernest Adjei (Author), Lina Roa (Author), Michael L. Wilson (Author), Susan Horton (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Diagnostic investigations, including pathology and laboratory medicine (PALM) and radiology, have been largely absent from international strategies such as the Sustainable Development Goals. Further, there is little international guidance on which health system tiers different di...