Cost/DALY averted in a small hospital in Sierra Leone: What is the relative contribution of different services?

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 505-511

  Gosselin, Richard A ^a   Thind, Amardeep ^b   Bellardinelli, Andrea ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Emergency Hospital   (Sierra Leone)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; POLICY MAKING; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SIERRA LEONE; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 33645572908     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-005-0609-5     Document Type: Article

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