Ratio of cesarean deliveries to total operations and surgeon nationality are potential proxies for surgical capacity in central Haiti

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1526-1529

  Hughes, Christopher D ^a,b   McClain, Craig D ^a,b   Hagander, Lars ^a,b,c   Pierre, Jean Hamiltong ^d   Groen, Reinou S ^d   Kushner, Adam L ^d,e   Meara, John G ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Zanmi Lasante ^*

^e NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FOREIGN WORKER; GENERAL SURGERY; HAITI; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS; SURGERY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

CESAREAN SECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FOREIGN MEDICAL GRADUATES; GENERAL SURGERY; HAITI; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84879794956     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-012-1794-7     Document Type: Article

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