Short-term surgical mission to the Dominican Republic: A cost-benefit analysis

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1045-1049

  Egle, Jonathan P ^a   McKendrick, Alasdair ^a   Mittal, Vijay K ^a   Sosa, Freddy ^a  

^a PROVIDENCE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Global surgery; Low and middle income countries; Mission trip

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CIRCUMCISION; COLOSTOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FOLLOW UP; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SURGERY; SURGICAL MISSION; UNITED STATES; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL MISSIONS, OFFICIAL; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908013229     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2014.08.399     Document Type: Article

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