Use of hospital services by patients with chronic conditions in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis
CONCLUSION: Among patients seeking hospital care in sub-Saharan Africa, multimorbidity remains poorly described despite high burdens of individual chronic diseases. Prospective public health studies of multimorbidity burden are needed to generate integrated and context-specific health system interventions that act to maximize patient survival and well-being.PMID:37638357 | PMC:PMC10452942 | DOI:10.2471/BLT.22.289597
Source: Bulletin of the World Health Organization - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Stephen A Spencer Jamie Rylance Jennifer K Quint Stephen B Gordon Paul Dark Ben Morton Source Type: research
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