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. 2005 Sep;90(9):974–978. doi: 10.1136/adc.2005.074468

Child survival: district hospitals and paediatricians

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PMCID: PMC1720588  PMID: 16113136

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 Potential impact on under 5 mortality of improving either district hospital inpatient fatality rates, or the success of referral to hospital, or both, measured at the community level.

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