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. 2022 Apr 25;3:850796. doi: 10.3389/fgwh.2022.850796

Table 2.

Number of articles mentioning the categories of D&A in the EMR literature.

By Country Income Standing (World Bank classification) 1. Physical abuse 2. Non-Consented care 3. Non-Confidential care 4. Non-Dignified care 5. Discrimination 6. Abandonment 7. Detention Total Types mentioned (x/7) Total Number of included articles
Afghanistan LIC 2 - 1 3 - 3 2 5 4
Egypt MIC 4 3 2 5 1 4 - 6 5
Iran MIC 3 2 1 2 1 1 - 6 5
Iraq MIC 2 2 3 4 2 1 6 4
Jordan MIC 3 3 4 3 1 4 6 5
Lebanon MIC 1 1 - - - - - 2 1
Pakistan LIC 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 7 2
Saudi Arabia HIC 4 3 4 4 1 4 1 7 5
Sudan LIC 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 7 2
Tunisia MIC 1 1 - 1 1 - - 4 1
Yemen LIC 1 1 - 1 - 1 - 4 1
Total number of countries* mentioning Type of D&A 11 10 8 10 7 9 5 7/7 N/A
Total number of country-specific studies with Type of D&A 25 20 19 26 7 21 6 7/7 35
MC added** 2 3 2 2 - 2 - 5 3
Total number of studies with Type of D&A** 27 23 21 28 7 23 6 7/7 38

LIC, Low-income country; MIC,Middle-income country (includes upper and lower middle income standing); HIC, High-income country.

*

not counting multi-country studies.

**

Multi-country studies from the Region (MC).

Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria (25). Egypt, Lebanon, Syria (26). Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and United Arab Emirates (27).