Timing and cost of scaling up surgical services in low-income and middle-income countries from 2012 to 2030: A modelling study

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 3, Issue S2, 2015, Pages S28-S37

  Verguet, Stéphane ^a   Alkire, Blake C ^b,c   Bickler, Stephen W ^d   Lauer, Jeremy A ^e   Uribe Leitz, Tarsicio ^f   Molina, George ^a,g   Weiser, Thomas G ^f   Yamey, Gavin ^h   Shrime, Mark G ^a,c,i  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TISSUE MANIPULATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FORECASTING; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SURGERY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FORECASTING; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SPECIALTIES, SURGICAL;

EID: 84928985468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(15)70086-0     Document Type: Article

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