Reporting of diagnostic and laboratory tests by general hospitals as an indication of access to diagnostic laboratory services in Kenya

Felix Bahati; Jacob Mcknight; Fatihiya Swaleh; Rose Malaba; Lilian Karimi; Musa Ramadhan; Peter Kibet Kiptim; Emelda A. Okiro; Mike English

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0266667

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Reporting of diagnostic and laboratory tests by general hospitals as an indication of access to diagnostic laboratory services in Kenya

Felix Bahati ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: FBahati@kemri-wellcome.org

Affiliation Health Services Research Unit, KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3406-024X

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Jacob Mcknight,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Oxford Centre for Global Health Research, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Fatihiya Swaleh,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Mama Lucy Kibaki Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
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Rose Malaba,

Roles Data curation, Validation

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Kakamega County Referral Hospital, Kakamega, Kenya
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Lilian Karimi,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Meru county, Meru, Kenya
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Musa Ramadhan,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Nakuru Provincial General Hospital, Nakuru, Kenya
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Peter Kibet Kiptim,

Roles Data curation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ministry of Health, Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya
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Emelda A. Okiro,

Roles Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Population Health Unit, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya
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Mike English

Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Health Services Research Unit, KEMRI Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya, Oxford Centre for Global Health Research, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7427-0826

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Reporting of diagnostic and laboratory tests by general hospitals as an indication of access to diagnostic laboratory services in Kenya

Felix Bahati,
Jacob Mcknight,
Fatihiya Swaleh,
Rose Malaba,
Lilian Karimi,
Musa Ramadhan,
Peter Kibet Kiptim,
Emelda A. Okiro,
Mike English

Published: April 8, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266667

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