Surgical patients travel longer distances than non-surgical patients to receive care at a rural hospital in Mozambique

Conclusions
Patients seeking surgical care at this first-level hospital travel farther than patients seeking other services. While other patients may have access to at community clinics, surgical patients depend more heavily on the services available at first-level hospitals.

Source: International Health - January 9, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Faierman, M. L., Anderson, J. E., Assane, A., Bendix, P., Vaz, F., Rose, J. A., Funzamo, C., Bickler, S. W., Noormahomed, E. V. Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: research