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. 2019 Aug 30;4(4):e001816.
doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001816. eCollection 2019.

Nuancing the need for speed: temporal health system strengthening in low-income countries

Tom Bashford  1 , Alexis Joannides  1 , Kamal Phuyal  2 , Santosh Bhatta  3 , Julie Mytton  3 , Robert Harrison  4 , Peter Hutchinson  1
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Nuancing the need for speed: temporal health system strengthening in low-income countries

Tom Bashford et al. BMJ Glob Health. .
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Keywords: burns; health systems; snake bite; stings and other envenoming; traumatology.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: All authors are recipients of grant funding through the NIHR Global Health Research Programme.

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Figure 1Modified Ishikawa diagram showing how multiple factors may contribute to the causes and effects of delay, structured using a Donabedian model of health system function. The horizontal division demonstrates how quantitative and qualitative approaches may explore different factors, while the grey shading indicates that although these factors can be delineated, they are components of a complex web of interdependent elements.
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