Comparison of surgical care deficiencies between US civil war hospitals and present-day hospitals in Sierra Leone

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1743-1747

  Crompton, Joseph ^a   Kingham, T Peter ^b,c   Kamara, T B ^d,e   Brennan, Murray F ^b   Kushner, Adam L ^c,f,g  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c Surgeons OverSeas SOS   (United States)

^d Ministry of Health and Sanitation   (Sierra Leone)

^e Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation   (Sierra Leone)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^g Society of International Humanitarian Surgeons   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SIERRA LEONE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; SURGERY; UNITED STATES; WAR;

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SIERRA LEONE; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955469873     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-010-0564-7     Document Type: Article

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