Access to emergency hospital care provided by the public sector in sub-Saharan Africa in 2015: a geocoded inventory and spatial analysis

• Main Authors: Paul O Ouma, MSc (Author), Joseph Maina, BSc (Author), Pamela N Thuranira, BSc (Author), Peter M Macharia, MSc (Author), Victor A Alegana, PhD (Author), Mike English, ProfFMedSci (Author), Emelda A Okiro, PhD (Author), Robert W Snow, ProfFMedSci (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2018-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Background: Timely access to emergency care can substantially reduce mortality. International benchmarks for access to emergency hospital care have been established to guide ambitions for universal health care by 2030. However, no Pan-African database of where hospitals are located exists;...