Disparities in access to surgical care within a lower income country: An alarming inequity

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1470-1477

  Zafar, Syed Nabeel ^a   Fatmi, Zafar ^a   Iqbal, Aftab ^b   Channa, Roomasa ^c   Haider, Adil H ^c  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b DHA   (Pakistan)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAKISTAN; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; STATISTICS;

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAKISTAN; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879794723     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-012-1732-8     Document Type: Article

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