ArticlePublic health2016
Comparative analysis of three prehospital emergency medical services organizations in India and Pakistan.
Article in Public health, 2016. 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 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Feasibility and Efficacy of Ambulance-Based m-Health for Pediatric Emergencies in Low Resource Settings (FEAMER) Trial
Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
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- Mobile Ambulatory Application Asafny and Traditional Phone Request 997: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study.Open access emergency medicine : OAEM · 2020Article
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- Assessment of pre-hospital emergency medical services in low-income settings using a health systems approach.International journal of emergency medicine · 2018Article
- Lay First Responder Training in Eastern Uganda: Leveraging Transportation Infrastructure to Build an Effective Prehospital Emergency Care Training Program.World journal of surgery · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectivesStrengthened emergency medical services (EMS) are urgently required in South Asia to reduce needless death and disability. Several EMS models have been introduced in India and Pakistan, and research on these models can facilitate improvements to EMS in the region. Our objective was to conduct a cross-case comparative analysis of three EMS organizations in India and Pakistan - GVK EMRI, Aman Foundation and Rescue 1122 - in order to draw out similarities and differences in their models. STUDY
designCase study methodology was used to systematically explore the organizational models of GVK EMRI (Karnataka, India), Aman Foundation (Karachi, Pakistan), and Rescue 1122 (Punjab, Pakistan).
methodsQualitative methods - interviews, document review and non-participant observation - were utilized, and using a process of constant comparison, data were analysed across cases according to the WHO health system 'building blocks'.
resultsEmergent themes under each health system 'building block' of service delivery, health workforce, medical products and technology, health information systems, leadership and governance, and financing were described. Cross-cutting issues not applicable to any single building block were further identified.
conclusionsThis cross-case comparison, the first of its kind in low- and middle-income countries, highlights key innovations and lessons, and areas of further research across EMS organizations in India, Pakistan and other resource-poor settings.
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