The burden of road traffic injuries in an emergency department in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Documents the proportion, trend, characteristics and outcomes of road traffic injury admissions

Abstract

A retrospective, cross-sectional study using routinely collected ED data from the emergency department (ED) of Zewditu Memorial Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia between 2014-2015

This research was supported by the UK Department for International Development’s Operational Research Capacity Building Programme led by the International Union Against TB and Lung Disease (The Union)

Citation

Getachew, S.; Ali, E.; Tayler-Smith, K.; Hedt-Gauthier, B.; Silkondez, W.; Abebe, D.; Deressa, W.; Enquessilase, F.; Edwards, J. K6 (2016) Public Health Action, Volume 6, Number 2, pp. 66-71(6) Publisher: International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease DOI: https://doi.org/10.5588/pha.15.0082

The burden of road traffic injuries in an emergency department in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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Published 1 June 2016