Increasing access to surgical services for the poor in rural Haiti: Surgery as a public good for public health

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 537-542

  Ivers, Louise C ^a,f   Garfein, Evan S ^b   Augustin, Josué ^c   Raymonville, Maxi ^c   Yang, Alice T ^d,f   Sugarbaker, David S ^e   Farmer, Paul E ^a,d,f  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Zanmi Lasante ^*  (Haïti)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Surgical Access Haiti   (United States)

^f PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNDING; HAITI; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; REVIEW; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; POVERTY AREAS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 41049093973     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-008-9527-7     Document Type: Review

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