Seeking and reaching emergency care: A cross sectional household survey across two Liberian counties

The overwhelming burden of morbidity and mortality from injury and medical conditions requiring acute care are borne by low- and middle-income countries lacking accessible, quality care systems. Current evidence suggests the lack of prehospital care systems likely contributes to this disproportionate burden. As an initial step in a longitudinal, collaborative effort to strengthen the chain of survival for emergency conditions in Liberia, baseline attitudes and behaviors in accessing and utilizing emergency care were characterized. A multistage, proportional, cluster sampling frame was employed to conduct a cross-sectional, community-based survey of 800 households across rural Lofa County and the greater capital (Monrovia) metropolitan area. The primary outcome was facility-based utilization of emergency care within the 12 months prior to survey administration., A community-based, cross-sectional survey was conducted in collaboration with the Emergency Medical Response-EMS/Respiratory Division of the Ministry of Health, Monrovia, Liberia, the University of Colorado, and Restore Hope, Liberia. Collected data was de-identified and cleaned prior to initial analysis in Excel. Further data analysis was performed via Stata (Version 14.2, College Station, TX). , , # Seeking and reaching emergency care: A cross sectional household survey across two Liberian counties

Title of Dataset: Seeking and reaching emergency care: A cross sectional household survey across two Liberian counties.
 
Author Information: Madeline E Ross1\*, Antoinette H Wright2, Mark Luke3, Abraham Tamba3, Heounohu Romello Hessou4, Stephen Kanneh5, Kumeinu Da-Tokpah5, Corey B Bills1
 
1 University of Colorado, School of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Aurora, CO
2 University of Liberia, School of Public Health, Monrovia, Liberia
3 Emergency Medical Response-EMS/Respiratory Division, Ministry of Health, Monrovia, Liberia 
4 Stellenbosch University, Department of Emergency Medicine, Cape Town, South Africa
5 Restore Hope Liberia, Pago Island, Oldest Congo Town, Monrovia, Liberia
 
Date of data collection: November 2022.
 
Geographic location of data collection: Greater Monrovia area and Lofa County, Liberia.
 
Funding: Global Emergency Care Initiative at University of ...