A novel tool for assessing pediatric emergency care in low- and middle-income countries: a pilot study
To date, this is the first assessment tool dedicated to the comprehensive evaluation of pediatric emergency care in LMICs. This pilot provides a first approach to evaluate pediatric emergency healthcare capabilities in the hospital setting with future directions to improve the tool based on qualitative feedback.
Authors
- Simone A. Jarrett (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0497-1325)
- Olurotimi Akinola (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1479-9250)
- Andrew Redfern (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6949-6249)
- Michelle L. Niescierenko
- Joyce Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0469-4172)
- Camilo Gutiérrez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9579-8195)
- Priyanka Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1708-9446)
Institutions
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- Children's National (US)
- Stellenbosch University (ZA)
- University College Hospital, Ibadan (NG)
- Tygerberg Hospital (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2025-01-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12245-024-00802-2
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.51