Open AccessPatterns and outcomes of medical admissions in the accident and emergency department of a tertiary health center in a rural community of Ekiti, Nigeria
Author(s) -
Olarinde Jeffrey Ogunmola,
Michael Olamoyegun
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of emergencies, trauma and shock
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 0974-519X
pISSN - 0974-2700
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2700.142744
Subject(s) - medicine , nigerians , emergency department , retrospective cohort study , disease , demographics , medical emergency , emergency medicine , pediatrics , demography , psychiatry , surgery , sociology , political science , law
Low and middle-income countries like Nigeria face many challenges in emergency medical care owing to poor treatment facilities and inadequately trained personnel. Most Nigerians live in rural areas. The disease and death burdens in accident and emergency departments in this setting have not been closely studied.