Table 1. Identified studies on the delivery of emergency care in low- and middle-income countries.
Author | Year | Title | Journal | Country or area |
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A-Rahman NHA | 2014 | The state of emergency care in the Republic of the Sudan | Afr J Emerg Med | Sudan |
Abbadi S et al | 1997 | Emergency medicine in Jordan | Ann Emerg Med | Jordan |
Abd Elaal SAM et al | 2006 | The waiting time at emergency departments at Khartoum State-2005 | Sudan J Public Health | Sudan |
Abdallat AM et al | 2007 | Frequent attenders to the emergency room at Prince Rashed Bin Al-Hassan Hospital | J R Med Serv | Jordan |
Abdallat AM et al | 2000 | Who uses the emergency room services? | Eastern Mediterr Health J | Jordan |
Abhulimhen-Iyoha BI et al | 2012 | Morbidity and mortality of childhood illnesses at the emergency paediatric unit of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City | Nigeria J Pediatr | Nigeria |
Adeboye MAN et al | 2010 | Mortality pattern within twenty-four hours of emergency paediatric admission in a resource-poor nation health facility | West Afr J Med | Nigeria |
Adesunkanmi ARK et al | 2002 | A five year analysis of death in accident and emergency room of a semi-urban hospital | West Afr J Med | Nigeria |
Afuwape OO et al | 2009 | An audit of deaths in the emergency department in the University College Hospital Ibadan | Nigeria J Clin Pract | Nigeria |
Aggarwal P et al | 1995 | Utility of an observation unit in the emergency department of a tertiary care hospital in India | European J Emerg Med | India |
Akpa MR et al | 2013 | Profile and outcome of medical emergencies in a tertiary health institution in Port Harcourt, Nigeria | Nigeria Health J | Nigeria |
Al-Hakimi ASA et al | 2004 | Load and pattern of patients visiting general emergency Al-Thawra Hospital, San a'a | Yemen Health Medical Res J | Yemen |
Alagappan K et al | 1998 | Early development of emergency medicine in Chennai (Madras), India | Ann Emerg Med | India |
Asumanu E et al | 2009 | Improving emergency attendance and mortality – the case for unit separation | West Afr J Med | Ghana |
Atanda HL et al | 1994 | Place des urgences medicales pediatriques dans un service medical a Pointe-Noire | Med Afr Noire | Congo |
Avanzi MP et al | 2005 | Diagnósticos mais freqüentes em serviço de emergência para adulto de um hospital universitário | Rev Ciênc Méd | Brazil |
Azhar AA et al | 2000 | Patient attendance at a major accident and emergency department: Are public emergency services being abused? | Med J Malaysia | Malaysia |
Bains HS et al | 2012 | A simple clinical score “TOPRS” to predict outcome in pediatric emergency department in a teaching hospital in India | Iran J Pediatr | India |
Bamgboye EA et al | 1990 | Mortality pattern at a children’s emergency ward, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria | Afr J Med Med Sci | Nigeria |
Basnet B et al | 2012 | Initial resuscitation for Australasian Triage Scale 2 patients in a Nepalese emergency department | Emerg Med Australas | Nepal |
Batistela S et al | 2008 | Os motivos de procura pelo Pronto Socorro Pediátrico de um Hospital Universitário referidos pelos pais ou responsáveis | Semina: Ciênc Biológicas Saúde | Brazil |
Bazaraa HM et al | 2012 | Profile of patients visiting the pediatric emergency service in an Egyptian university hospital | Pediatr Emerg Care | Egypt |
Ben Gobrane HLB et al | 2012 | Motifs du recours aux services d’urgence des principaux hôpitaux du Grand Tunis | East Mediterr Health J | Tunisia |
Berraho M et al | 2012 | Les consultations non approprieés aux services des urgences: étude dans un hôpital provincial au Maroc | Prat Organ Soins | Morocco |
Boff JM et al | 2002 | Perfil do Usuário do Setor de Emergência do Hospital Universitário da UFSC | Rev Contexto Saude | Brazil |
Boros MJ | 2003 | Emergency medical services in St. Vincent and the Grenadines | Prehosp Emerg Care | St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
Bresnahan KA et al | 1995 | Emergency medical care in Turkey: current status and future directions | Ann Emerg Med | Turkey |
Brito MVH et al | 1998 | Pronto-atendimento de adultos em serviço de saúde universitário: um estudo de avaliação | Rev Adm Publica | Brazil |
Brito MVH et al | 2012 | Perfil da demanda do serviço de urgência e emergência do hospital pronto socorro municipal- Mario Pinotti | Rev Paraense Med | Brazil |
Brown MD | 1999 | Emergency medicine in Eritrea: rebuilding after a 30-year war | Am J Emerg Med | Eritrea |
Bruijns S et al | 2008 | A prospective evaluation of the Cape triage score in the emergency department of an urban public hospital in South Africa | Emerg Med J | South Africa |
Burch V et al | 2008 | Modified early warning score predicts the need for hospital admission and inhospital mortality | Emerg Med J | South Africa |
Buys H et al | 2013 | An adapted triage tool (ETAT) at Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital Medical Emergency Unit, Cape Town: an evaluation | S Afr Med J | South Africa |
Cander B et al | 2006 | Emergency operation indications in emergency medicine clinic (model of emergency medicine in Turkey) | Adv Ther | Turkey |
Carret MLV et al | 2007 | Demand for emergency health service: factors associated with inappropriate use | BMC Health Serv Res | Brazil |
Carret MLV et al | 2011 | Características da demanda do serviço de saúde de emergência no Sul do Brasil | Cien Saude Colet | Brazil |
Cevik AA et al | 2001 | Update on the development of emergency medicine as a specialty in Turkey | European J Emerg Med | Turkey |
Chattoraj A et al | 2006 | A study of sickness & admission pattern of patients attending an emergency department in a tertiary care hospital | J AcadHosp Adm | India |
Chukuezi AB et al | 2010 | Pattern of deaths in the adult accident and emergency department of a sub-urban teaching hospital in Nigeria | Asian J Med Sci | Nigeria |
Clark M et al | 2012 | Reductions in inpatient mortality following interventions to improve emergency hospital care in Freetown, Sierra Leone | PLoS one | Sierra Leone |
Clarke ME | 1998 | Emergency medicine in the new South Africa | Ann Emerg Med | South Africa |
Clem KJ et al | 1998 | United States physician assistance in development of emergency medicine in Hangzhou, China | Ann Emerg Medi | China |
Coelho MF et al | 2010 | Analysis of the organizational aspects of a clinical emergency department: a study in a general hospital in Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil | Rev Lat Am Enfermagem | Brazil |
Coelho MF et al | 2013 | Urgências clínicas: perfil de atendimentos hospitalares | Rev Lat Am Enfermagem | Brazil |
Cox M et al | 2007 | Emergency medicine in a developing country: experience from Kilimanjaro Christian Medial Centre, Tanzania, East Africa | Emerg Med Australas | The United Republic of Tanzania |
Curry C et al | 2004 | The first year of a formal emergency medicine training programme in Papua New Guinea | Emerg Med Australas | Papua New Guinea |
da Silva GS et al | 2007 | Caracterização do perfil da demanda da emergência de clínica médica do hospital universitário da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina | Arq Catarinenses Med | Brazil |
Dalwai M et al | 2013 | Implementation of a triage score system in an emergency room in Timergara, Pakistan | Public Health Action | Pakistan |
Damghi N et al | 2013 | Patient satisfaction in a Moroccan emergency department | Intl Arch Med | Morocco |
Dan V et al | 1991 | Prise en charge des urgences du nourrisson et de l'enfant: aspects actuels et perspectives d'avenir | Med Afr Noire | Benin |
de Souza LM et al | 2011 | Risk classification in an emergency room: agreement level between a Brazilian institutional and the Manchester Protocol | Rev Lat Am Enfermagem | Brazil |
De Vos P et al | 2008 | Uses of first line emergency services in Cuba | Health Policy | Cuba |
Derlet RW et al | 2000 | Emergency medicine in Belarus | J Emerg Med | Belarus |
Dubuc IF et al | 2006 | Adolescentes atendidos num serviço púlico de urgência e emergência: perfil de morbidade e mortalidade | Rev Eletrônica Enfermagem | Brazil |
Duru C et al | 2013 | Pattern and outcome of admissions as seen in the paediatric emergency ward of the Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital Bayelsa State, Nigeria | Nigeria J Pediatr | Nigeria |
Ekere AU et al | 2005 | Mortality patterns in the accident and emergency department of an urban hospital in Nigeria | Nigeria J Clinic Pract | Nigeria |
Enobong EI et al | 2009 | Pattern of paediatric emergencies and outcome as seen in a tertiary hosptial: a five-year review | Sahel Med J | Nigeria |
Erickson TB et al | 1996 | Emergency medicine education intervention in Rwanda | Ann Emerg Med | Rwanda |
Eroglu SE et al | 2012 | Evaluation of non-urgent visits to a busy urban emergency department | Saudi Med J | Turkey |
Fajardo-Oritz G et al | 2000 | Utilización del servicio de urgencias en un hospital de especialidades | Cir Cir | Mexico |
Fajolu IB et al | 2011 | Childhood mortality in children emergency centre of the Lagos University Teaching hospital | Nigeria J Pediatr | Nigeria |
Fayyaz J et al | 2013 | Missing the boat: odds for the patients who leave ED without being seen | BMC Emerg Med | Pakistan |
Furtado BMA et al | 2004 | O perfil da emergência do Hospital da Restauração: uma análise dos possíveis impactos após a municipalização dos serviços de saúde | Revi Bras Epidemiol | Brazil |
Gaitan M et al | 1998 | Growing pains: status of emergency medicine in Nicaragua | Ann Emerg Med | Nicaragua |
Garg M et al | 2013 | Study of the relation of clinical and demographic factors with morbidity in a tertiary care teaching hospital in India | Int J Crit Illn Inj Sci | India |
George IO et al | 2010 | An audit of cases admitted in the children emergency ward in a Nigerian tertiary hospital | Pakistan J Med Sci | Nigeria |
Gim U et al | 2012 | Pattern and outcome of presentation at the children emergency unit of a tertiary institution in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria: a one year prospective study | J Med | Nigeria |
Goh AY et al | 2003 | Paediatric utilization of a general emergency department in a developing country | Acta Paediatr | Malaysia |
Gomide MFS et al | 2012 | Perfil de usuários em um serviço de pronto atendimento | Med (Ribeirão Preto) | Brazil |
Gueguen G | 1995 | Senegal: mise en place d’un mirco ordinateur dans le service d’accueil des urgencies de l’hopital regional de Ziguinchor | Med Trop | Senegal |
Halasa W | 2013 | Family medicine in the emergency department, Jordan | Br J Gen Pract | Jordan |
Hanewinckel R et al | 2010 | Emergency medicine in Paarl, South Africa: a cross-sectional descriptive study | Int J Emerg Med | South Africa |
Hexom B et al | 2012 | A model for emergency medicine education in post-conflict Liberia | Afr J Emerg Medi | Liberia |
Hodkinson PW et al | 2009 | Cross-sectional suvey of patients presenting to a South African urban emergency centre | Emerg Med J | South Africa |
House DR et al | 2013 | Descriptive study of an emergency centre in Western Kenya: challenges and opportunities | Afr J Emerg Med | Kenya |
Huo X | 1994 | Emergency care in China | Accid Emerg Nur | China |
Ibeziako SN et al | 2002 | Pattern and outcome of admissions in the children's emergency room of the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu | Nigeria J Paediatr | Nigeria |
Jacobs PC et al | 2005 | Estudo exploratório dos atendimentos em unidade de emergência em Salvador-Bahia | Rev Assoc Méd Bras | Brazil |
Jafari-Rouhi AH et al | 2013 | The Emergency Severity Index, version 4, for pediatric triage: a reliability study in Tabriz Children’s Hospital, Tabriz, Iran |
Int J Emerg Med | Islamic Republic of Iran |
Jalili M et al | 2013 | Emergency department nonurgent visits in Iran: prevalence and associated factors | Am J Manag Care | Islamic Republic of Iran |
Jerius M et al | 2010 | Inappropriate utilization of emergency medical services at Prince Ali Military Hospital | J R Med Serv | Jordan |
Ka Sall B et al | 2002 | Les urgences dans un centre hospitalier et universitaire en milieu tropical | Méd Trop | Senegal |
Karabocuoglu M et al | 1995 | Analysis of patients admitted to the emergency unit of a university children's hosptial in Turkey | Turk J Pediatr | Turkey |
Karim MZ et al | 2009 | A retrospective study of illness and admission pattern of emergency patients utilizing a corporate hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh: 2006 −2008 | ORION Med J | Bangladesh |
Khan NU et al | 2011 | Unplanned return visit to emergency department: a descriptive study from a tertiary care hospital in a low-income country | European J Emerg Med | Pakistan |
Khan NU et al | 2007 | Emergency department deaths despite active management: experience from a tertiary care centre in a low-income country | Emerg Med Australas | Pakistan |
Khan AN et al | 2003 | International pediatric emergency care: establishment of a new specialty in a developing country | Pediatr Emerg Care | Serbia |
Kriengsoontornkij W et al | 2010 | Accuracy of pediatric triage at Siriraj Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand | J Medl Ass Thailand | Thailand |
Krym VF et al | 2009 | International partnerships to foster growth in emergency medicine in Romania | CJEM | Romania |
Lammers W et al | 2011 | Demographic analysis of emergency department patients at the Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai | Emerg Med Int | China |
Lasseter JA et al | 1997 | Emergency medicine in Bosnia and Herzegovina | Ann Emerg Med | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Lee S | 2011 | Disaster management and emergency medicine in Malaysia | West J Emerg Med | Malaysia |
Leite JA et al | 2010 | Internaçöes e serviços de urgência e emergência pactuados em hospital geral púlico da Bahia, Brazil | Rev Baiana Saude Publica | Brazil |
Lima SBS et al | 2013 | Perfil clínico-epidemiológico dos pacientes internados no prontosocorro de um hospital universitário | Saude (Santa Maria) | Brazil |
Lin JY et al | 2013 | Breadth of emergency medical training in Pakistan | Prehosp Disaster Med | Pakistan |
Little RM et al | 2013 | Acute care in Tanzania: epidemiology of acute care in a small community medical centre | Afr J Emerg Med | The United Republic of Tanzania |
Liu Y et al | 1994 | A preliminary epidemiological study of the patient population visiting an urban ED in the Republic of China | Am J Emerg Med | China |
Lopes SLB et al | 2007 | The implementation of the Medical Regulation Office and Mobile Emergency Attendance System and its impact on the gravity profile of non-traumatic afflictions treated in a University Hospital: a research study | BMC Health Serv Res | Brazil |
Loria-Castellanos J et al | 2006 | Reanimation unit experience of a second- level hospital in Mexico City | Prehosp Disaster Med | Mexico |
Loria-Castellanos J et al | 2010 | Frecuencia y factores asociados con el uso inadecuado de la consulta de urgencias de un hospital | Cir Cir | Mexico |
Mabiala-Babela JR et al | 2007 | Consultations et réadmissions avant l’âge d’un mois aux urgences pédiatriques, Brazzaville (Congo) | Arch Pediatr | Congo |
Mabiala-Babela JR et al | 2009 | Consultations de nuit aux urgences pédiatriques du CHU de Brazzaville, Congo | Méd Trop | Congo |
Mahajan V et al | 2013 | Unexpected hospitalisations at a 23-Hour observation unit in a paediatric emergency department of northern India | J Clin Diagn Res | India |
Maharjan RK | 2011 | Mortality pattern in the emergency department in Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal | Prehosp Disaster Med | Nepal |
Malhotra S et al | 1992 | A study of the workload of the casualty department of a large city hospital | Health Popul Perspect Issues | India |
Martinez RQ et al | 2008 | Padecimientos más frecuentemente atendidos en el Servicio de Urgencias Pediátricas en un hospital de tercer nivel |
Rev Fac Med Univ Auton Mex | Mexico |
Matoussi N et al | 2007 | Profil epidemiologique et prise en charge des consultants des urgences medicales pediatriques de l’hopital d’enfants de Tunis | Tunis Med | Tunisia |
Maulen-Radovan I et al | 1996 | PRISM score evaluation to predict outcome in paediatric patients on admission at an emergency department | Arch Med Res | Mexico |
Mbutiwi Ikwa Ndol F et al | 2013 | Facteurs pre ´dictifs de la mortalite ´ des patients admis aux urgences me ´dicales des cliniques universitaires de Kinshasa | Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
McDonald A et al | 2005 | Emergency medicine in Jamaica | CJEM | Jamaica |
McDonald A et al | 2000 | Morbidity pattern of emergency room patients in Jamaica | West Indian Med J | Jamaica |
Medina J et al | 2007 | Triage: experiencia en un Servicio de Urgencias Pediátricas | Rev Soc Boliv Pediatr | Paraguay |
Meijas CLA | 2011 | La atención de urgencia y la dispensarización en el Policlínico Universitario Docente de Playa | Rev Cubana Med Gen Integral | Cuba |
Melo EMC et al | 2007 | O trabalho dos pediatras em um serviço público de urgências: fatores intervenientes no atendimento |
Cad Saude Publica | Brazil |
Meskin S et al | 1997 | Delivery of emergency medical services in Kathmandu, Nepal | Ann Emerg Med | Nepal |
Mijinyawa MS | 2010 | Pattern of medical emergency utilisation in a Nigeria tertiary health institution: a preliminary report | Sahel Med J | Nigeria |
Miranda NA et al | 2012 | Caracterização de crianças atendidas no pronto-socorro de um hospital universitário | Rev Eletrônica Gestão Saúde | Brazil |
Molyneux E et al | 2006 | Improved triage and emergency care for children reduces inpatient mortality in a resource-constrained setting | Bull World Health Organ | Malawi |
Morton TD | 1992 | A perspective on emergency medicine in the developing world | J Emerg Med | Malaysia |
Mullan PC et al | 2013 | Reduced overtriage and undertriage with a new triage system in an urban accident and emergency department in Botswana: a cohort study | Emerg Med J | Botswana |
Muluneh D et al | 2007 | Analysis of admissions to the pediatric emergency ward of Tikur Anbessa Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Ethiop J Health Dev | Ethiopia |
Musharafieh R et al | 1996 | Development of emergency medicine in Lebanon | Ann Emerg Med | Lebanon |
Naidoo DK et al | 2014 | An evaluation of the Triage Early Warning Score in an urban accident and emergency department in KwaZulu-Natal | S Afr Family Pract | South Africa |
Nelson BD et al | 2005 | Integrating quantitative and qualitative methodologies for the assessment of health care systems: emergency medicine in post-conflict Serbia | BMC Health Serv Res | Serbia |
Nemeth J et al | 2001 | Emergency medicine in Eastern Europe: the Hungarian experience | Ann Emerg Med | Hungary |
Nkombua L | 2008 | The practice of medicine at a district hospital emergency room: Middelburg Hospital, Mpumalanga Province | S Afr Family Pract | South Africa |
O'Reilly G et al | 2010 | The dawn of emergency medicine in Vietnam | Emerg Med Australas | Viet Nam |
Ogah OS et al | 2012 | A two-year review of medical admissions at the emergency unit of a Nigerian tertiary health facility | Afr J Biomed Res | Nigeria |
Ogunmola OO et al | 2013 | Mortality pattern in adult accident and emergency department of a tertiary health centre situated in a rural area of developing country | J Dent Med Sci | Nigeria |
Ohara K et al | 1994 | Investigación sobre pacientes atendidos en el servicio de emergencia del Hospital Escuela | Rev Med Hondur | Honduras |
Okolo SN et al | 2002 | Health service auditing and intervention in an emergency paediatric unit | Nigeria J Paediatr | Nigeria |
Oktay C et al | 2003 | Appropriateness of emergency department visits in a Turkish university hospital | Croat Med J | Turkey |
Olivati FN et al | 2010 | Perfil da demanda de um pronto-socorro em um município do interior do estado de São Paulo |
Rev Fac Odontol Univ Passo Fundo | Brazil |
Oliveira GN et al | 2011 | Profile of the population cared for in a referral emergency unit | Rev Lat Am Enfermagem | Brazil |
Onwuchekwa AC et al | 2008 | Medical mortality in the accident and emergency unit of the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital | Nigeria J Med | Nigeria |
Orimadegun AE et al | 2008 | Comparison of neonates born outside and inside hospitals in a children emergency unit, southwest of Nigeria | Pediatr Emerg Care | Nigeria |
Osuigwe AN et al | 2002 | Mortalty in the accident and emergency unit of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital, NNEWI: patterns and factors involved | Nigeria J Clin Pract | Nigeria |
Parekh KP et al | 2013 | Who leaves the emergency department without being seen? A public hospital experience in Georgetown, Guyana | BMC Emerg Med | Guyana |
Partridge RA | 1998 | Emergency medicine in West Kazakhstan, CIS | Ann Emerg Med | Kazakhstan |
Patil A | 2013 | Analysis of pattern of emergency cases in the casualty of a university | Indian J Forensic Med Toxicol | India |
Peixoto BV et al | 2013 | The harsh reality of children and youth emergency care showing the health status of a city | Rev Paul Pediatr | Brazil |
Pekdemir M et al | 2010 | No significant alteration in admissions to emergency departments during Ramadan | J Emerg Med | Turkey |
Periyanayagam U et al | 2012 | Acute care needs in a rural Sub-Saharan African emergency centre: a retrospective analysis | Afr J Emerg Med | Uganda |
Pinilla MMA et al | 2009 | Demandas inadecuadas en urgencias e identificación del uso inapropriado de la hospitalización en el Centro Piloto de ASSBASALUD ESE. en Manizales. año 2008 | Arch Med | Colombia |
PoSaw LL et al | 1998 | Emergency medicine in the new Delhi Area, India | Ann Emerg Med | India |
Raftery KA | 1996 | Emergency medicine in southern Pakistan | Ann Emerg Med | Pakistan |
Ramalanjaona G | 1998 | Emergency medicine in Madagascar | Ann Emerg Med | Madagascar |
Rashidi A et al | 2009 | Demographic and clinical characteristics of red tag patients and their one-week mortality rate from the emergency department of the Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia | South-east Asian J Trop Med Public Health | Malaysia |
Rehmani R | 2004 | Emergency section and overcrowding in a university hospital of Karachi, Pakistan | J Pak Med Assoc | Pakistan |
Reynolds TA et al | 2012 | Most frequent adult and pediatric diagnoses among 60 000 patients seen in a new urban emergency department in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Ann Emerg Med | The United Republic of Tanzania |
Reynolds TA et al | 2012 | Emergency care capacity in Africa: a clinical and educational initiative in Tanzania | J Public Health Policy | The United Republic of Tanzania |
Ribeiro RCH et al | 2013 | Stay and outcome of the clinical and surgical patient in the emergency service | Rev Enfermagem | Brazil |
Riccetto AGL et al | 2007 | Sala de emergência em pediatria: casuística de um hospital universitário | Revi Paul Pediatr | Brazil |
Richards JR | 1997 | Emergency medicine in Vietnam | Ann Emerg Med | Viet Nam |
Robison JA et al | 2012 | Decreased pediatric hospital mortality after an intervention to improve emergency care in Lilongwe, Malawi | Pediatr | Malawi |
Rodriguez JCM et al | 2012 | Aplicación de los criterios de ingreso a la unidad de reanimación en el servicio de urgencias de adultos del Hospital General «La Raza» | Arch Medi Urg Méx | Mexico |
Rodriguez JP et al | 2001 | “Filtro Sanitario” en las urgencias médicas. Un problema a reajustar | Rev Cubana Med | Cuba |
Rosa TP et al | 2011 | Perfil dos pacientes atendidos na sala de emergência do pronto Socorro de um hospital universitário | Rev Enfermagem UFSM | Brazil |
Rosedale K et al | 2011 | The effectiveness of the South African Triage Score (SATS) in a rural emergency department | S Afr Med J | South Africa |
Rytter MJH et al | 2006 | Effects of armed conflict on access to emergency health care in Palestinian West Bank: systematic collection of data in emergency departments | BMJ | West Bank and Gaza Strip |
Salaria M et al | 2003 | Profile of patients attending pediatric emergency service at Chandigarh | Indian J Pediatr | India |
Salgado RMP et al | 2010 | Perfil dos pacientes pediátricos atendidos na emergência de um hospital universitário |
Pediatr (Sao Paulo) | Brazil |
Santhanam I et al | 2002 | Mortality after admission in the pediatric emergency department: a prospective study from a referral children’s hospital in southern India | Pediatr Critical Care Med | India |
Savitsky E et al | 2000 | Emergency medical services development in the Seychelles Islands | Am J Emerg Med | Seychelles |
Selasawati HG et al | 2004 | Inappropriate utilization of emergency department services in Universiti Sains Malaysia Hospital | Med J Malaysia | Malaysia |
Sentilhes-Monkam A | 2011 | Les services d’accueil des urgences ont-ils un avenir en Afrique de l’ouest? Exemple à l’hôpital principal de Dakar | Sante Publique | Senegal |
Shakhatreh H et al | 2009 | Patient satisfaction in emergency department at King Hussein Medical Center | J R Med Serv | Jordan |
Shakhatreh H et al | 2003 | Use and misuse of accident and emergency services at Queen Alia Military Hospital | J R Med Serv | Jordan |
Simons DA et al | 2010 | Adequação da demanda de crianças e adolescentes atendidos na Unidade de Emergência em Maceió, Alagoas, Brasil | Rev Bras Saúde Matern Infant | Brazil |
Singhi S et al | 2004 | Comparison of pediatric emergency patients in a tertiary care hospital vs a community hospital | Indian Pediatr | India |
Singhi S et al | 2003 | Pediatric emergencies at a tertiary care hospital in India | J Trop Pediatr | India |
Smadi BY et al | 2005 | Inappropriate use of emergency department at Prince Zeid Ben Al-Hussein Hospital | J R Med Serv | Jordan |
Soleimanpour H et al | 2011 | Emergency department patient satisfaction survey in Imam Reza Hospital, Tabriz, Iran | Int J Emerg Med | Islamic Republic of Iran |
Souza BC et al | 2009 | Perfil da Demanda do Departamento de Emergência do Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceição – Tubarão – SC | Arq Catarinenses Med | Brazil |
Tannebaum RD et al | 2001 | Emergency Medicine in Southern Brazil | Ann Emerg Med | Brazil |
Taye BW et al | 2014 | Quality of emergency medical care in Gondar University Referral Hospital, north-west Ethiopia: a survey of patient's perspectives: a survey of patients’ perspectives | BMC Emerg Med | Ethiopia |
Tiemeier K et al | 2013 | The effect of geography and demography on outcomes of emergency department patients in rural Uganda | Ann Emerg Med | Uganda |
Tinaude O et al | 2010 | Health-care-seeking behaviour for childhood illnesses in a resource-poor setting | J Paediatr Child Health | Nigeria |
Tintinalli J et al | 1998 | Emergency care in Namibia | Ann Emerg Med | Namibia |
Topacoglu H et al | 2004 | Analysis of factors affecting satisfaction in the emergency department: a survey of 1 019 patients | Adv Ther | Turkey |
Traoré A et al | 2002 | Les urgences médicales au Centre hospitalier national Yalgado Ouédraogo de Ouagadougou : profil et prise en charge des patients | Cah Etud Rech Francophones / Santé | Burkina Faso |
Trejo JA et al | 1999 | El servicio de urgencias en un hospital de tercer nivel. Su comportamiento durante cinco años: estudio preliminar | Med Interna Mex | Mexico |
Tsiperau J et al | 2010 | The management of paediatric patients in a general emergency department in Papua New Guinea | P N G Med J | Papua New Guinea |
Ugare GU et al | 2012 | Epidemiology of death in the emergency department of a tertiary health centre south-south of Nigeria | Afr Health Sc | Nigeria |
Veras JEG et al | 2011 | Profile of children attended in emergency according to the risk classification: a documental study | Online Bras J Nurs | Brazil |
Veras JEG et al | 2009 | Analise das causas de atendimento de crianças e adolescentes menores de 15 anos em pronto-atendimento de um hospital secundário de Fortaleza | Congr Bras Enfermagem | Brazil |
Wang L et al | 2011 | Application of emergency severity index in pediatric emergency department | World J Emerg Med | China |
Webb HR et al | 2001 | Emergency medicine in Ecuador | Am J Emerg Med | Ecuador |
Williams EW et al | 2008 | The evolution of emergency medicine in Jamaica | West Indian Med J | Jamaica |
Wright SW et al | 2000 | Emergency medicine in Ukraine: challenges in the post-Soviet era | Am J Emerg Med | Ukraine |
Yaffee AQ et al | 2012 | Bypassing proximal health care facilities for acute care: a survey of patients in a Ghanaian accident and emergency centre | Trop Med Int Health | Ghana |
Yildirim C et al | 2005 | Patient satisfaction in a university hospital emergency department in Turkey | Acta Med | Turkey |
Zhou JC et al | 2012 | High hospital occupancy is associated with increased risk for patients boarding in the emergency department | Am J Med | China |
Notes: Further information about the studies can be obtained from corresponding author. Additional data were obtained through personal communications from: Botswana (1), Cameroon (1), Ghana (1), Lebanon (1), Liberia (1), Madagascar (1) and South Africa (10).