Global distribution of access to surgical services

The Lancet

Volumn 376, Issue 9746, 2010, Pages 1027-1028

  Myles, Paul S ^a   Haller, Guy ^b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; NOTE; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; SURGERY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICE; OXIMETRY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOMS; OXIMETRY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77957193869     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60520-X     Document Type: Note

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