Access to emergency care in Palestinian West Bank: Methods were incomplete

doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1276

BMJ 2006;332:1276 (27 May), doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7552.1276

Letter

Access to emergency care in Palestinian West Bank

Methods were incomplete

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EDITOR—The study by Rytter et al on the effects of armedconflict on access to emergency health care in the PalestinianWest Bank does not include any baseline comparison of emergencyroom admission rates, either from different time periods, othergeographical areas, or similar healthcare systems.¹ There isno discussion of acuity, case mix, age stratification, and otherstandard analyses of scientific measurement.

Leonard Thaler, health care association executive

New York, NY 11219, USA lthaler@verizon.net

Competing interests: None declared.

Rytter MJH, Kjældgaard AL, Brønnum-Hansen H, Helweg-Larsen K. Effects of armed conflict on access to emergency health care in Palestinian West Bank: systematic collection of data in emergency departments. BMJ 2006;332: 1122-4. (13 May.)[Abstract/Free Full Text]

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