Open AccessReadiness of Primary Hospitals in Providing Neonatal Intensive Care Services in Ethiopia
Author(s) -
Hailemariam Segni Abawollo,
Zergu Tafesse Tsegaye,
Binyam Fekadu Desta,
Ismael Ali Beshir
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ethiopian journal of health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.479
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 2413-7170
pISSN - 1029-1857
DOI - 10.4314/ejhs.v31i2.15
Subject(s) - referral , medicine , neonatal intensive care unit , intensive care , psychological intervention , descriptive statistics , emergency medicine , pediatrics , medical emergency , family medicine , nursing , intensive care medicine , statistics , mathematics
The Ethiopian neonatal mortality has not shown much progress over the years. In light of this, the country has introduced interventions such as the utilization of newborn corners and neonatal intensive care units to avert preventable neonatal deaths. This study was conducted to assess readiness of primary hospitals in providing neonatal intensive care services.