Development of a ratio of emergent to total hernia repairs as a surgical capacity metric

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 906-911

  Samuel, Jonathan C ^a   Tyson, Anna F ^a   Mabedi, Charles ^b   Mulima, Gift ^b   Cairns, Bruce A ^a   Varela, Carlos ^b   Charles, Anthony G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAMUZU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Hernia, inguinal; Malawi; Surgery; World health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE; FEMORAL HERNIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH STATISTICS; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; INCOME; INGUINAL HERNIA; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; RATIO OF EMERGENT TO TOTAL HERNIA REPAIR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY; HEALTH SERVICE; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; MALAWI; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EMERGENCIES; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HERNIA, INGUINAL; HERNIORRHAPHY; HUMANS; MALAWI;

EID: 84923189366     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: 17439159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2014.07.019     Document Type: Article

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