Association of Health Care Use and Economic Outcomes After Injury in Cameroon.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Despite the highest injury rates worldwide, formal medical care is not often sought after injuries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Unaffordable costs associated with trauma care might inhibit injured patients from seeking care.

Objectives

To (1) determine the injury epidemiology in Cameroon using population-representative data, (2) identify the barriers to use of formal health care after injury, and (3) determine the association between use of care and economic outcomes after injury.

Design, setting, and participants

This mixed-methods, cross-sectional study included a population-representative, community-based survey and nested qualitative semistructured interviews in the urban-rural Southwest Region of Cameroon. Three-stage cluster sampling was used to select targ

SUBMITTER: Christie SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7237963 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature