Identifying delays in healthcare seeking and provision: The Three Delays-in-Healthcare and mortality among infants and children aged 1-59 months.

Delays in illness recognition, healthcare seeking, and in the provision of appropriate clinical care are common in resource-limited settings. Our objective was to determine the frequency of delays in the "Three Delays-in-Healthcare", and factors associated with delays, among deceased infan...

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Main Authors: Elisa Garcia Gomez, Kitiezo Aggrey Igunza, Zachary J Madewell, Victor Akelo, Dickens Onyango, Shams El Arifeen, Emily S Gurley, Mohammad Zahid Hossain, Md Atique Iqbal Chowdhury, Kazi Munisul Islam, Nega Assefa, J Anthony G Scott, Lola Madrid, Yenenesh Tilahun, Stian Orlien, Karen L Kotloff, Milagritos D Tapia, Adama Mamby Keita, Ashka Mehta, Amilcar Magaço, David Torres-Fernandez, Ariel Nhacolo, Quique Bassat, Inácio Mandomando, Ikechukwu Ogbuanu, Carrie Jo Cain, Ronita Luke, Sorie I B Kamara, Hailemariam Legesse, Shabir Madhi, Ziyaad Dangor, Sana Mahtab, Amy Wise, Yasmin Adam, Cynthia G Whitney, Portia C Mutevedzi, Dianna M Blau, Robert F Breiman, Beth A Tippett Barr, Chris A Rees, Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance Network
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-01-01
Series:PLOS Global Public Health
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0002494&type=printable