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Mapping physical access to healthcare for older adults in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-sectional analysis with implications for the COVID-19 response

2020-07-17

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<h4>Background</h4> SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), is rapidly spreading across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Hospital-based care for COVID-19 is particularly often needed among older adults. However, a key barrier to accessing hospital care in SSA is travel time to the healthcare facility. To inform the geographic targeting of additional healthcare resources, this study aimed to det...

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Literature Corpus work: 86e2e417-7f5b-5bf3-849c-b234113ffbc0
DOI: 10.1101/2020.07.17.20152389

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