Critical care capacity in Haiti: A nationwide cross-sectional survey

Critical illness affects health systems globally, but low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) bear a disproportionate burden. Due to a paucity of data, the capacity to care for critically ill patients in LMICs is largely unknown. Haiti has the lowest health indices in the Western Hemisphere. In thi...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 14; no. 6; p. e0218141
Main Authors:	Losonczy, Lia I., Barnes, Sean L., Liu, Shiping, Williams, Sarah R., McCurdy, Michael T., Lemos, Vivienne, Chandler, Jerry, Colas, L. Nathalie, Augustin, Marc E., Papali, Alfred
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 13.06.2019 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Adolescent Capacity Child Child, Preschool Consortia Critical care Critical Care - statistics & numerical data Critical care medicine Critical Illness Cross-Sectional Studies Education Emergency medical care Emergency medical services Emergency Service, Hospital - statistics & numerical data Engineering and Technology Equipment and Supplies, Hospital - statistics & numerical data Female Global Health - statistics & numerical data Haiti Health care Health care facilities Health facilities Health Facilities - statistics & numerical data Hospital facilities Hospitals Hospitals - statistics & numerical data Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Intensive care Intensive Care Units - statistics & numerical data Internal medicine Low income groups Male Medical personnel Medicine Medicine and Health Sciences Nurses Patients Pediatrics People and places Physicians Physicians - statistics & numerical data Polls & surveys Poverty - statistics & numerical data Research and Analysis Methods Sepsis Streamlining Supply and demand Surveys Surveys and Questionnaires Training Western Hemisphere Haiti North Carolina United States > US Port Au Prince Haiti Uganda Maryland Baltimore Maryland
ISSN:	1932-6203, 1932-6203
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