Adult mortality in sub-saharan Africa, Zambia: Where do adults die?
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Adult mortality in sub-saharan Africa, Zambia: Where do adults die?
Place of death remains an issue of growing interest and debate among scholars as an indicator of quality of end-of-life care in developed countries. In sub-Saharan Africa, however, variations in place of death may suggest inequalities in access to and the utilization of health care services that should be addressed by public health interventions. Limited research exists on factors associated wi...
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عنوان ژورنال: SSM - Population Health
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2352-8273
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2017.02.001