Emergency surgical care delivery in post-earthquake haiti: Partners in health and zanmi lasante experience

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 745-750

  McIntyre, Thomas ^a   Hughes, Christopher D ^b,c   Pauyo, Thierry ^f   Sullivan, Stephen R ^d,e   Rogers Jr , Selwyn O ^f   Raymonville, Maxi ^g   Meara, John G ^b,c  

^a SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g NONE   (Haïti)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMAN; INJURY; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; SURGERY; SURVIVAL;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISASTER PLANNING; EARTHQUAKES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79952190112     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-011-0961-6     Document Type: Article

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