Burden, need, or backlog: A call for improved metrics for the global burden of surgical disease

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 483-486

  Poenaru, Dan ^a   Ozgediz, Doruk ^b   Gosselin, Richard A ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Institute of Global Orthopedics and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Backlog; Burden of disease; Disparities; Effective coverage; Health policy; Low and middle income countries; Metrics; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CLEFT LIP; CLEFT PALATE; DISABILITY; DISABILITY ADJUSTED LIFEYEAR; EDITORIAL; GLOBAL BURDEN OF DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; HUMAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; WORKLOAD; DISEASES; GLOBAL BURDEN OF SURGICAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INCIDENCE; INCOME; MEASUREMENT;

COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84900029617     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2014.01.021     Document Type: Editorial

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