Global disease burden of conditions requiring emergency surgery

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Stewart, B ^a   Khanduri, P ^b   McCord, C ^c   Ohene Yeboah, M ^d   Uranues, S ^e   Vega Rivera, F ^f   Mock, C ^a  

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

^b ST STEPHEN S HOSPITAL   (India)

^c New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

^d KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^f HOSPITAL ÁNGELES LOMAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PREMATURE MORTALITY; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REVIEW; STATISTICS; SURGERY;

COST OF ILLNESS; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84890475247     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.9329     Document Type: Review

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