Pediatric emergency and essential surgical care in Zambian hospitals: A nationwide study

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1363-1370

  Bowman, Kendra G ^a,b   Jovic, Goran ^c   Rangel, Shawn ^d   Berry, William R ^b   Gawande, Atul A ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Global health; Global surgery; International heath; Pediatric surgery; Safety; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMERGENCY CARE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TRAINING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZAMBIA;

AFRICA; GLOBAL HEALTH; GLOBAL SURGERY; INTERNATIONAL HEATH; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; SAFETY; ZAMBIA;

CHILD; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRICS; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84880007386     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2013.03.045     Document Type: Conference Paper

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