Getting the job done: Analysis of the impact and effectiveness of the SmileTrain program in alleviating the global burden of cleft disease

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1562-1570

  Poenaru, D ^a,b  

^a AIC KIJABE HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

^b not available   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLEFT PALATE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIAL WELFARE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHARITIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLEFT PALATE; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLES; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WORLD HEALTH; GLOBAL HEALTH;

EID: 84879800084     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-012-1876-6     Document Type: Article

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