The burden of pediatric surgical conditions in low and middle income countries: A call to action

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2305-2311

  Ozgediz, Doruk ^a,b   Poenaru, Dan ^c,d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Global Partners in Anesthesia and Surgery   (Uganda)

^c Bethany Kids ^*  (Kenya)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Backlog; Burden of disease; Disparities; Global health; Pediatric surgery; Unmet need

Indexed keywords

ANORECTAL MALFORMATION; CHILDBIRTH; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALARIA; MIDDLE INCOME; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PEDIATRICS; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84870682060     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2012.09.030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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