Police report requirement for medical emergencies in Nigeria

A threat to Universal Healthcare Coverage

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ID19503315
AuthorsAbdullahi Tunde Aborode (0000-0003-2516-5920, Department of Research and Development, Healthy Africans Platform, Ibadan, Nigeria), Ottoho Edima (Department of Public Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA), Fakorede Okikiola Samuel (University of Ibadan), Faboyede Samuel (University of Ibadan), Kenechukwu Obumneme Samuel Nwosu (0000-0002-3245-4109, University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas), Badmus Lateefat Adeola (Federal University Oye Ekiti), Oreoluwa Gabriel Oginni (Brown School of Public Health, Washington University in St. Louis, Washington, USA), Mariam Allison (Agnes Scott College), Samuel Chinonso (Yale University), Omowunmi O Aderibole (Ottawa University), Yvonne Okoro (Texas Tech University), Yvonne Oshevwe Okoro (0000-0001-6412-2531, Texas Tech University), Abideen Opeyemi Olasupo, Abideen Olasupo (Department of Research and Development, Brain Builders Youth Development Initiative, Ilorin, Nigeria), Godfred Yawson Scott (0000-0001-7531-4213, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume40
Issue4
Pages339-346
Publication date2024-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedicine Conflict & Survival (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1362-3699 • E-ISSN: 1743-9396
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13623699.2024.2425336
PMID39560200
OpenAlexW4404498354
LanguageEN
References cited12

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