How are surgical theatres in rural Africa utilized? A review of five years of services at a district hospital in Ghana

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 91-95

  Damien, P ^a   Nabare, C ^a,b   Baiden, F ^c   Kwara, E ^c   Apanga, S ^a   Etego Amengo, S ^c  

^a GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^b Department of Urology   (Germany)

^c KINTAMPO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CEPHALOPELVIC DISPROPORTION; CESAREAN SECTION; GHANA; HERNIOPLASTY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INGUINAL HERNIA; LAPAROTOMY; RURAL AREA; SURGICAL WARD; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATING ROOMS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953211873     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2011.100339     Document Type: Article

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