Assessment of capacity for surgery, obstetrics and anaesthesia in 17 Ghanaian hospitals using a WHO assessment tool

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1109-1115

  Choo, Shelly ^a   Perry, Henry ^b   Hesse, Afua A J ^c   Abantanga, Francis ^d   Sory, Elias ^e   Osen, Hayley ^a   Fleischer Djoleto, Charles ^f   Moresky, Rachel ^g   McCord, Colin W ^g   Cherian, Meena ^f   Abdullah, Fizan ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c KORLE BU TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^d KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^e Ministry of Lands Forestry and Mines Ghana   (Ghana)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^g New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; anaesthesia; Ghana; obstetrics; surgery

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; EQUIPMENT; INFRASTRUCTURE; LABORATORY METHOD; PUBLIC HEALTH; STERILIZATION; WATER SUPPLY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; GHANA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL SERVICE; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; OBSTETRIC CARE; PATIENT CARE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ASSESSMENT TOOL;

ANESTHESIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GHANA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; OBSTETRICS; OPERATING ROOMS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

GHANA;

EID: 77955372814     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02589.x     Document Type: Article

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