The impact of natural disaster on pediatric surgical delivery: A review of Haiti six months before and after the 2010 earthquake

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 523-533

  Hughes, Christopher D ^a,b   Nash, Katherine A ^a   Alkire, Blake C ^a   McClain, Craig D ^a,b   Hagander, Lars E ^a,b   Jason Smithers, C ^a,b   Raymonville, Maxi ^e   Sullivan, Stephen R ^c   Riviello, Robert ^b   Rogers, Selwyn O ^d   Meara, John G ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e Hasbro Children's Hospital ^*  (Haïti)

Author keywords

Burden of surgical disease; Natural disaster; Pediatrics; Resource poor settings; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HAITI; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 84860494378     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2012.0067     Document Type: Article

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