Surgical and anesthesia capacity in Bolivian public hospitals: Results from a national hospital survey

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2559-2566

  LeBrun, Drake G ^a,b   Saavedra Pozo, Iracema ^d   Agreda Flores, Fernando ^c   Burdic, MacKenzie L ^d   Notrica, Michelle R ^d   McQueen, K A Kelly ^e  

^a Thomas J Watson Foundation   (United States)

^b Caja Nacional de Salud Hospital ^*  (United States)

^c Caja Nacional de Salud Hospital   (Bolivia)

^d Global Surgical Consortium   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; BOLIVIA; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STATISTICS;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; BOLIVIA; DATA COLLECTION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 84867885309     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-012-1722-x     Document Type: Article

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