Access to emergency and surgical care in sub-Saharan Africa: The infrastructure gap

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 234-244

  Hsia, Renee Y ^a   Mbembati, Naboth A ^b   MacFarlane, Sarah ^a   Kruk, Margaret E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^c University of California San Francisco ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

access; developing countries; emergency care; Infrastructure; surgical care

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; SURGERY;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84860176134     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czr023     Document Type: Review

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