Surgical needs of Nepal: Pilot study of population based survey in pokhara, Nepal

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 3041-3046

  Gupta, Shailvi ^a,b,c   Ranjit, Anju ^a   Shrestha, Ritesh ^d   Wong, Evan G ^a,c,e   Robinson, William C ^a   Shrestha, Sunil ^d   Nwomeh, Benedict C ^c,f   Groen, Reinou S ^c,g   Kushner, Adam L ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Surgeons OverSeas   (United States)

^d NEPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Nepal)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEPAL; PILOT STUDY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; SURGERY;

ADULT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEPAL; PILOT PROJECTS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOFTWARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84921044632     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-014-2753-2     Document Type: Article

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