Assessment of cesarean delivery availability in 26 low- and middle-income countries: A cross-sectional study

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 211, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 504.e1-504.e12

  Ologunde, Rele ^a,b   Vogel, Joshua P ^c,d   Cherian, Meena N ^b   Sbaiti, Mariam ^a   Merialdi, Mario ^c   Yeats, James ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Emergency and Essential Surgical Care Program Health Systems and Innovation   (United States)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

cesarean delivery; low and middle income countries; obstetric services; surgery

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA GAS MACHINE; BLOOD BANK; CESAREAN SECTION; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMERGENCY CARE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; NORTH AMERICAN; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SOUTHEAST ASIAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANESTHESIOLOGY; DEVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH MANPOWER; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84908345266     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2014.05.022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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