Prioritizing essential surgery and safe anesthesia for the Post-2015 Development Agenda: Operative capacities of 78 district hospitals in 7 low- and middle-income countries

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 365-373

  Lebrun, Drake G ^a   Chackungal, Smita ^b   Chao, Tiffany E ^c,d   Knowlton, Lisa M ^e   Linden, Allison F ^f   Notrica, Michelle R ^g   Solis, Carolina V ^h,i   McQueen, K A Kelly ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g Global Surgical Consortium   (United States)

^h DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^j VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIOLOGY; BANGLADESH; BOLIVIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMERGENCIES; ETHIOPIA; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; LIBERIA; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; NICARAGUA; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIANS; RWANDA; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UGANDA;

EID: 84894060775     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2013.10.008     Document Type: Article

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