Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8837324 | Surgery | 2017 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
There is an urgent need for coordinated strategies to provide appropriate and timely medical care to injured individuals in low- or middle-income countries to decrease the burden of injuries and related fatalities. Our work in Kenya shows that such an integrated system of trauma care could be achieved through a step-by-step integrated and multifaceted approach that emphasizes engagement of local stakeholders and evidence-based approaches to ensure effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability of system-wide improvements. This plan and lessons learned in its development and implementation could be adaptable to other similar settings to improve the care of the injured patient in low- or middle-income countries.
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Authors
Abdulgafoor M. PhD, MHS, Isaac MD, MPH, Fatima MD, MPH, Daniel MPA, Hassan MD, MMed, FACS, Bethuel EMT, Simon MD, MPH, Adnan A. MD, MPH, PhD,