Turning a blind eye: The mobilization of radiology services in resource-poor regions

Globalization and Health

Volumn 6, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Maru, Duncan S ^a,b,c   Schwarz, Ryan ^a,d   Jason, Andrews ^a,b   Basu, Sanjay ^a,e   Sharma, Aditya ^a,f   Moore, Christopher ^a,d  

^a Bayalpata Hospital   (Nepal)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Training in Early Abortion for Comprehensive Healthcare   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EYE; HEALTH SERVICES; MOBILIZATION; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; RADIOGRAPHY; X-RAY;

ARTICLE; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTRICITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SCALE UP;

EID: 77957787207     PISSN: 17448603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-6-18     Document Type: Article

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