Strengthening surgical services at the soum (First-referral) hospital: The WHO Emergency and Essential Surgical Care (EESC) Program in Mongolia

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2359-2370

  Henry, Jaymie A ^a,b   Orgoi, Sergelen ^c   Govind, Salik ^d   Price, Raymond R ^e   Lundeg, Ganbold ^f   Kehrer, Beat ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Health Sciences University ^*  (United States)

^c Health Sciences University   (Mongolia)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^f Central State University Hospital   (Mongolia)

^g International College of Surgeons   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MONGOLIA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; STANDARD; SURGERY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; MONGOLIA; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84867889876     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-012-1668-z     Document Type: Article

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