Global operating theatre distribution and pulse oximetry supply: An estimation from reported data

The Lancet

Volumn 376, Issue 9746, 2010, Pages 1055-1061

  Funk, Luke M ^a,b   Weiser, Thomas G ^a,b   Berry, William R ^a,b   Lipsitz, Stuart R ^b   Merry, Alan F ^c   Enright, Angela C ^d   Wilson, Iain H ^e   Dziekan, Gerald ^f   Gawande, Atul A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CANADA; DEVICE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; MODEL; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETER; PULSE OXIMETRY; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL PATIENT; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; OXIMETRY; POVERTY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICA, NORTHERN; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; INCOME; LATIN AMERICA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE EAST; NEW ZEALAND; OPERATING ROOMS; OXIMETRY; POVERTY AREAS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77957189209     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60392-3     Document Type: Article

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