Critical care service delivery across healthcare systems in low-income and low-middle-income countries: protocol for a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Critical care in low-income and low-middle income countries (LLMICs) is an underdeveloped component of the healthcare system. Given the increasing growth in demand for critical care services in LLMICs, understanding the current capacity to provide critical care is imperative to inform policy on service expansion. Thus, our aim is to describe the provision of critical care in LLMICs with respect to patients, providers, location of care and services and interventions delivered.

Methods and analysis

We will search PubMed/MEDLINE, Web of Science and EMBASE for full-text original research articles available in English describing critical care services that specify the location of service delivery and describe patients and interventions. We will restrict our review to

SUBMITTER: Lim AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8407204 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature