Outcomes and unmet need for neonatal surgery in a resource-limited environment: Estimates of global health disparities from Kampala, Uganda

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1825-1830

  Badrinath, Raghav ^a   Kakembo, Nasser ^b   Kisa, Phyllis ^b   Langer, Monica ^c   Ozgediz, Doruk ^a   Sekabira, John ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to care; Burden of disease; Congenital anomalies; Disparities; Effective coverage; Low and middle income countries; Mortality; Neonatal surgery; Pediatric surgery; Sub Saharan Africa; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DISABILITY SEVERITY; FEMALE; GASTROSCHISIS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HIGH INCOME GROUP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UGANDA; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; POVERTY; SURGERY;

FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UGANDA;

EID: 84915737234     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2014.09.031     Document Type: Article

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