Assessment of surgical and obstetrical care at 10 district hospitals in Ghana using on-site interviews

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 461-466

  Abdullah, Fizan ^a   Choo, Shelly ^a   Hesse, Afua A J ^b   Abantanga, Francis ^c   Sory, Elias ^d   Osen, Hayley ^a   Ng, Julie ^a   McCord, Colin W ^e   Cherian, Meena ^f   Fleischer Djoleto, Charles ^f   Perry, Henry ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KORLE BU TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^c KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^d Ministry of Lands Forestry and Mines Ghana   (Ghana)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

district hospitals; emergency and essential surgical care; Ghana; global surgery

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; AMPUTATION; APPENDECTOMY; ARTHROTOMY; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EPISIOTOMY; FEMALE; GHANA; HAND SURGERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIDWIFE; NURSE ANESTHETIST; OBSTETRIC CARE; OBSTETRIC EMERGENCY; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALPINGECTOMY; SURGEON; SURGICAL AND OBSTETRIC CARE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; GHANA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDWIFERY; NURSE ANESTHETISTS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OBSTETRICS; OPERATING ROOM NURSING; PREGNANCY;

EID: 81155134380     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2010.04.016     Document Type: Article

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