Improving pediatric cardiac surgical care in developing countries: Matching resources to needs

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery: Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Annual

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-43

  Dearani, Joseph A ^a   Neirotti, Rodolfo ^b   Kohnke, Emily J ^c   Sinha, Kingshuk K ^c   Cabalka, Allison K ^a   Barnes, Roxann D ^a   Jacobs, Jeffrey P ^d   Stellin, Giovanni ^e   Tchervenkov, Christo I ^f   Cushing, John C ^g  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d The Congenital Heart Institute of Florida   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^f MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g Children's HeartLink   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DATA BASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STAFF TRAINING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

ALGORITHMS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHARITIES; CHILD; CHINA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; THORACIC SURGERY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 77949593937     PISSN: 10929126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.pcsu.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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