Scoping review of acute stroke care management and rehabilitation in low and middle-income countries
| dc.contributor.author | Chimatiro, George Lameck | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-01-11T13:04:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-01-11T13:04:14Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Chimatiro, G.L., Rhoda, A.J. Scoping review of acute stroke care management and rehabilitation in low and middle-income countries. BMC Health Serv Res 19, 789 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4654-4 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1472-6963 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10566/8282 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Stroke is a major public health concern, affecting millions of people worldwide. Care of the condition however, remain inconsistent in developing countries. The purpose of this scoping review was to document evidence of stroke care and service delivery in low and middle-income countries to better inform development of a context-fit stroke model of care. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | BMC | en_US |
| dc.subject | Acute stroke | en_US |
| dc.subject | Stroke care structure | en_US |
| dc.subject | Stroke care process | en_US |
| dc.subject | Stroke care outcomes | en_US |
| dc.subject | Low and middle income countries | en_US |
| dc.title | Scoping review of acute stroke care management and rehabilitation in low and middle-income countries | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
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