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ReviewWorld journal of surgery2015

Prehospital and Emergency Care: Updates from the Disease Control Priorities, Version 3.

Renee Y Hsia, Amardeep Thind, Ahmed Zakariah, Eduardo Romero Hicks, Charles Mock

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Review in World journal of surgery, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07027813 (Feasibility and Efficacy of Ambulance-Based m-Health for Pediatric Emergencies in Low Resource Settings), which is not on this map. Cited by 37 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07027813 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Feasibility and Efficacy of Ambulance-Based m-Health for Pediatric Emergencies in Low Resource Settings (FEAMER) Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorWeill Medical College of Cornell UniversityRan2025 to 2026Enrolled900ConditionsEmergencies, mHealth, Child Health, Critical IllnessArmsTelemedicine, Control
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  5. Road traffic crash mortality in Southwest Cameroon: a multicenter hospital study.African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence · 2026
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  17. Prehospital triage tools across the world: a scoping review of the published literature.Scandinavian journal of trauma, resuscitation and emergency medicine · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Renee Y HsiaUCSF Department of Emergency Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, 1001 Potrero Avenue, 1E21, San Francisco, CA, 94110, USA, renee.hsia@emergency.ucsf.edu.
Amardeep Thind
Ahmed Zakariah
Eduardo Romero Hicks
Charles Mock

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIt is increasingly understood that emergency care systems can be cost-effective in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The development of such systems, however, is still a work in progress. This article updates previous work in providing the most recent estimates of the burden of disease sensitive to emergency care, the current state of knowledge on the feasibility of emergency care, effect on outcomes, and cost-effectiveness in LMICs, and future directions for research, policy, and implementation.

methodsWe calculated the potential impact of prehospital and emergency care systems using updated and revised data based on the global burden of disease study. We then assessed the state of current knowledge and potential future directions for research and policy by conducting a review of the literature on current systems in LMICs.

resultsAccording to these newest updates, 24 million deaths related to emergency medical conditions occur in LMICs annually, accounting for an estimated 932 million years of life lost. Evidence shows that multiple emergency care models can function in different local settings, depending on resources and urbanicity. Emergency care can significantly improve mortality rates from emergent conditions and be highly cost-effective. Further research is needed on implementation of emergency care systems as they become a necessary reality in developing nations worldwide.

conclusionsEmergency care implementation in LMICs presents both challenges and opportunities. Investment in evidence-based emergency care, research on implementation, and system coordination in LMICs could lead to a more cost- and outcome-effective emergency care system than exists in advanced economies.

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Cost of IllnessEmergenciesEmergency TreatmentLife ExpectancyCost-Benefit AnalysisDeveloping CountriesEmergency Medical ServicesHealth Care CostsHealth PolicyHealth PrioritiesHumansModels, OrganizationalMortality

Identifiers

PMID25847225

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