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The Children's Hospitals in Africa Mapping Project (CHAMP) survey: Facilities, equipment, supplies, infrastructure, and capacity to respond to emergencies. [PDF]

PLOS Global Public Health
The Children's Hospitals in Africa Mapping Project (CHAMP) survey was developed and implemented to assess the capabilities of some of the best resourced sub-Saharan African hospitals serving children.
Vinayak Bhardwaj, Lawrence R Stanberry, Philip LaRussa, Wilmot James, Maitry Mahida, Aimable Kanyamuhunga, Atnafu Mekonnen Tekleab, Augustine Omoigberale, Crispen Ngwenya, David Musorewegomo, Dipesalema Joel, Ezekiel Mupere, Fidelis Ewenitie Eki-Udoko, Hannah Bousquet, Heloise Buys, Hilda Angela Mujuru, Ike Oluwa Lagunju, Irene Marete, Jethro Zawolo, Jonathan Kaunda Mwansa, Joseph Tawanda Chava, Maima Kawah Baysah, Mildred Anyango Mudany, Nancy Biyeah Yang Ngum, Nellie V T Bell, One Bayani, Pauline Samia, Ruth Nduati, Sam Miti, Schyler Zane Grodman, Thembisile Dintle Mosalakatane, Workeabeba Abebe, Ashraf Coovadia   +32 more
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Effect of hospital attributes on patient preference among outpatient attendants in Wolaita Zone, Southern Ethiopia: discrete choice experiment study

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background Patient preference has preceded the use of health care services, and it has been affected by different hospital attributes. Meanwhile, the number of patients receiving vital health intervention is particularly low in Ethiopia.
Tigabu Addisu Lendado, Shimelash Bitew, Fikadu Elias, Serawit Samuel, Desalegn Dawit Assele, Merid Assefa Awato   +5 more
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THE NEED OF SPECIAL TECHNIQUE IN CRISIS MANAGEMENT [PDF]

Transactions of the VŠB: Technical University of Ostrava, Safety Engineering Series, 2015
Operation of special equipment is possible in crisis situations. It is because special equipment is designed for operation in non-standard often extreme conditions and situation, it is available, it has a high degree of crossing capability and it is able
Peter LIPTÁK, Ivan KOPECKÝ, Ján ŠTRBA, Ivan DLUGOŠ   +3 more
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Beyond good intentions: lessons on equipment donation from an African hospital. [PDF]

Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2008
OBJECTIVE In 2000, a referral hospital in the Gambia accepted a donation of oxygen concentrators to help maintain oxygen supplies. The concentrators broke down and were put into storage.
S. Howie, Sarah Hill, D. Peel, M. Sanneh, M. Njie, P. Hill, K. Mulholland, R. Adegbola   +7 more
semanticscholar   +4 more sources

Medication, equipment, and supply costs for common interventions providing extended post-surgical analgesia following total knee arthroplasty in US hospitals

Journal of Medical Economics, 2017
To estimate the cost to hospitals of materials (i.e. medications, equipment, and supplies) required to administer common interventions for post-surgical analgesia after total knee arthroplasty (TKA), including single-injection peripheral nerve block (sPNB), continuous peripheral nerve block (cPNB), periarticular infiltration of multi-drug cocktails ...
Shelby, Corman, Nishant, Shah, Simon, Dagenais   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Understanding healthcare providers' perspectives on barriers to accessing stroke care at a resource-limited hospital in East Africa: A qualitative study from Mnazi Mmoja Referral Hospital in Zanzibar.

PLOS Global Public Health
Timely and appropriate care reduces the risk of mortality and disability after stroke. Despite high stroke incidence, little is known about the specific barriers to accessing stroke care in Zanzibar, East Africa.
Jutta M Adelin Jørgensen, Elias Ditlevsen, Sanaa S Said, Richard W Walker, Dirk Lund Christensen, Karoline Kragelund Nielsen   +5 more
doaj   +2 more sources

A model of workflow in the hospital during a pandemic to assist management.

PLoS ONE, 2020
We present a computational model of workflow in the hospital during a pandemic. The objective is to assist management in anticipating the load of each care unit, such as the ICU, or ordering supplies, such as personal protective equipment, but also to ...
Marc Garbey, Guillaume Joerger, Shannon Furr, Vid Fikfak   +3 more
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Challenge of forecasting demand of medical resources and supplies during a pandemic: A comparative evaluation of three surge calculators for COVID-19

Epidemiology and Infection, 2021
Ever since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) as a pandemic, there has been a public health debate concerning medical resources and supplies including hospital beds, intensive care units (ICU ...
A. Kamar, N. Maalouf, E. Hitti, G. El Eid, H. Isma'eel, I. H. Elhajj   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Neonatal Medicine in Iran: Current Challenges and Prospects [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Neonatology, 2017
Background: Pediatric medicine in Iran has been known as a specialty for more than 50 years; nevertheless, the neonatal-perinatal medicine is still in the first decades of its life.
Golnaz Rezaeizadeh, Fatemeh Nayeri, Maryam Mahmoodi, Mamak Shariat, Shahrbanoo Nakhaei   +4 more
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Cancer Hospital Stockpiles: Strategizing for an Efficient and Sufficient Inventory List of Essential Items

JCO Global Oncology, 2021
PURPOSEThe COVID-19 pandemic has affected health care systems worldwide, resulting in critical shortages of essential items and materials. The available guidelines are of little use for cancer hospitals in low-income and low-middle–income countries. They
Shehryar Nasir Khawaja, Hussain Ahmed Qadri, Muhammed Aasim Yusuf   +2 more
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