Defining measures of emergency care access in low-income and middle-income countries: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over 50% of annual deaths in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) could be averted through access to high-quality emergency care.

Objectives

We performed a scoping review of the literature that described at least one measure of emergency care access in LMICs in order to understand relevant barriers to emergency care systems.

Eligibility criteria

English language studies published between 1 January 1990 and 30 December 2020, with one or more discrete measure(s) of access to emergency health services in LMICs described.

Source of evidence

PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, CINAHL and the grey literature.

Charting methods

A structured data extraction tool was used to identify and classify the number of 'unique' measures, and the number of

SUBMITTER: Hirner S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10111883 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature