title: A research agenda for acute care services delivery in low- and middle-income countries.
abstract: Delivery of acute care services at every level of the health system is essential to ensure appropriate evaluation and management of emergent illness and injury in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The health services breakout group at the 2013 Academic Emergency Medicine consensus conference developed recommendations for a research agenda along the following themes: infrastructure, implementation, and sustainable provision of acute care services. Based on these recommendations, a set of priorities was created to promote and guide future research on acute care services.
authors.affiliation: The Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Population and Family Health, sidHARTe Program, New York, NY; The Department of Emergency Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY.
authors.forename: Rachel T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Moresky
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bisanzo
authors.forename: Beth L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Rubenstein
authors.forename: Stephanie J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Hubbard
authors.forename: Hillary
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ouyang
authors.forename: Herbert C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Duber
authors.forename: Regan H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Marsh
mesh_terms: D003245:Consensus Statements as Topic; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003906:Developing Countries; D004635:Emergency Medicine; D006296:Health Services; D006302:Health Services Research; D006801:Humans; D011203:Poverty; D012106:Research