Assessing the capacity of Malawi’s district and central hospitals to manage traumatic diaphyseal femoral fractures in adults

• Kiran J. Agarwal-Harding ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kagarwal-harding@partners.org

  Affiliations Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program, Boston, MA, United States of America, The Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1485-5950

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• Linda Chokotho,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopedics, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi

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• Sven Young,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Orthopedics, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway, Department of Orthopedics, Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe, Malawi

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• Nyengo Mkandawire,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Orthopedics, Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, Malawi, College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi

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• Mabvuto Chawinga,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Orthopedics, Kamuzu Central Hospital, Lilongwe, Malawi, Department of Clinical Services, Malawi Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi

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• Elena Losina,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations The Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States of America

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• Jeffrey N. Katz

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations The Orthopaedic and Arthritis Center for Outcomes Research, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America, Departments of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States of America

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