Hospital management practices and availability of surgery in sub-Saharan Africa: A pilot study of three hospitals

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2520-2528

  Funk, Luke M ^a,b   Conley, Dante M ^a,c   Berry, William R ^a,b   Gawande, Atul A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Center for Surgery and Public Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84885839551     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-013-2172-9     Document Type: Article

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