Cost-effectiveness of surgery and its policy implications for global health: A systematic review and analysis

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Chao, Tiffany E ^a,b   Sharma, Ketan ^a,c   Mandigo, Morgan ^a,d,e   Hagander, Lars ^a,f,g   Resch, Stephen C ^h   Weiser, Thomas G ⁱ   Meara, John G ^a,c,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CIRCUMCISION; CLEFT LIP PALATE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EYE SURGERY; GENERAL SURGERY; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HIGH INCOME COUNTRY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURGERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; INCOME; POVERTY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INCOME; POVERTY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84901236119     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(14)70213-X     Document Type: Article

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