An integrated approach to surgery and primary care systems strengthening in low- and middle-income countries: Building a platform to deliver across the spectrum of disease

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 965-970

  Vasan, Ashwin ^a,b,c   Hudelson, Carly E ^a   Greenberg, Sarah L M ^a,d   Ellner, Andrew E ^a,e  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^e BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LOW AND MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIETY; SURGERY; TEACHER; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INCOME; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84929291392     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2015.03.003     Document Type: Article

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