Workplace violence against healthcare workers in Pakistan; call for action, if not now, then when? A systematic review

Figures & data

Figure 1. Prevalence of violence against healthcare workers in different regions [12].

Figure 2. PubMed keywords network map based on relevance [14].

Figure 3. Summary of literature search.

Figure 4. Annual growth rates of physical and verbal violence against HCWs in Pakistan [17,,23–27,29,,38,39].

Figure 5. Provincial prevalence of physical violence against HCWs in Pakistan [17,19,22,38,41].

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