Karen Born

Datos Biográficos

ID7909451
NOMBREKaren Born
NOMBRESKaren
APELLIDOBorn
FIRMABORN K
AFILIACIONESUniversity of Toronto
ORCID0000-0003-1224-8559
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS2
TOTAL DE CITAS0
OBRAS COMO AUTOR2
OBRAS COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2018
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2022
ÍNDICE H0

  • Overdiagnosis and overuse of diagnostic and screening tests in low-income and middle-income countries

    Open AccessLoai Albarqouni, Morteza Arab‐Zozani et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2022

    OBJECTIVE: Overdiagnosis and overuse of healthcare services harm individuals, take resources that could be used to address underuse, and threaten the sustainability of health systems. These problems are attracting increasing attention in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). Unaware of any review of relevant evidence, we conducted a scoping review of the evidence around overdiagnosis and overuse of diagnostic and screening tests in LMIC…

  • Conceptualizing and Managing Medical Emergencies Where No Formal Paramedical System Exists

    Open AccessJeffrey Curran, Stephen Ritchie et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2018

    (1) Background: Remote communities in Canada lack an equitable emergency medical response capacity compared to other communities. Community-based emergency care (CBEC) training for laypeople is a model that has the potential to enhance the medical emergency response capacity in isolated and resource-limited contexts. The purpose of this study was to understand the characteristics of medical emergencies and to conceptualize and present a framework…