Estimated need for surgery worldwide based on prevalence of diseases: A modelling strategy for the WHO Global Health Estimate

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 3, Issue S2, 2015, Pages S13-S20

  Rose, John ^a,b   Weiser, Thomas G ^c   Hider, Phil ^d,e   Wilson, Leona ^e,f   Gruen, Russell L ^g,h   Bickler, Stephen W ^a  

^a RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^e Health Quality and Safety Commission   (New Zealand)

^f Hutt Valley District Health Board   (New Zealand)

^g MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84928987193     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(15)70087-2     Document Type: Article

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