Mapping physical access to health care for older adults in sub-Saharan Africa and implications for the COVID-19 response: a cross-sectional analysis
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SciScore for 10.1101/2020.07.17.20152389: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
NIH rigor criteria are not applicable to paper type.Table 2: Resources
No key resources detected.
Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:This study has several limitations. First and foremost, while we (by combining MFL with OSM data) likely provide the most comprehensive source of data for the geolocation of healthcare facilities that is currently available, it is still likely to miss a substantial proportion of healthcare facilities. The degree to which this is the case …
SciScore for 10.1101/2020.07.17.20152389: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
NIH rigor criteria are not applicable to paper type.Table 2: Resources
No key resources detected.
Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: We detected the following sentences addressing limitations in the study:This study has several limitations. First and foremost, while we (by combining MFL with OSM data) likely provide the most comprehensive source of data for the geolocation of healthcare facilities that is currently available, it is still likely to miss a substantial proportion of healthcare facilities. The degree to which this is the case probably varies between countries as both the participation in the OSM project and the degree to which documentation used for the MFL dataset were available and complete differ across countries.34 Second, we do not have any data on the readiness of healthcare facilities to provide care, nor the quality of care provided at healthcare facilities. Similarly, we did not have information on the functioning of referral systems from primary to secondary and tertiary care, which impacts access to effective healthcare for COVID-19 and other conditions requiring more specialized care. These factors are likely to vary across and within countries.35 Third, a limitation of our analysis for the COVID-19 response is that governments may decide that not all hospitals in a country should be providing care for COVID-19. Fourth, our analysis does not take into account that vulnerability to COVID-19 is likely affected by factors beyond age that vary across and within countries, including HIV, tuberculosis, and malnutrition. We decided against including these factors in our analysis because which conditions increase the risk of experiencing a severe disease cours...
Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.
Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.
Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.
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- No protocol registration statement was detected.
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