| Title |
Free Health Care for Under 5 Year Olds Increases Access to Surgical Care in Sierra Leone: An Analysis of Case Load and Patient Characteristics
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|---|---|
| Published in |
World Journal of Surgery, March 2013
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00268-013-1993-x |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Reinou S. Groen, Thaim B. Kamara, Benedict C. Nwomeh, Kisito S. Daoh, Adam L. Kushner |
| Abstract |
In April 2010 Sierra Leone launched a nationwide program that provides free health care to all pregnant and lactating women and children under 5 years old. This study evaluates the effect that the free health-care program had on pediatric surgical activities of Connaught Hospital. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 80% |
| Unknown | 1 | 20% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 60% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 20% |
| Scientists | 1 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 3% |
| Kenya | 1 | 3% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 29 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 6 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 4 | 13% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 3 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 5 | 16% |
| Unknown | 7 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 22% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 22% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 19% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 9% |
| Unknown | 9 | 28% |
Attention Score in Context
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#7,100,673
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Outputs from World Journal of Surgery
#1,334
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#59,434
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Outputs of similar age from World Journal of Surgery
#10
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