Global access to surgical care: A modelling study

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2015, Pages e316-e323

  Alkire, Blake C ^a,b   Raykar, Nakul P ^a,c   Shrime, Mark G ^a,b   Weiser, Thomas G ^d   Bickler, Stephen W ^e   Rose, John A ^f   Nutt, Cameron T ^a   Greenberg, Sarah L M ^g,h   Kotagal, Meera ⁱ   Riesel, Johanna N ^a,j   Esquivel, Micaela ^d   Uribe Leitz, Tarsicio ^d   Molina, George ^j,k   Roy, Nobhojit ^l,m   Meara, John G ^a,n   Farmer, Paul E ^a,g,o  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k ARIADNE LABS   (United States)

^l BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

^m KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

ⁿ BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^o PARTNERS IN HEALTH   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURGE CAPACITY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ASIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; INCOME;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ASIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INCOME;

EID: 84930329660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(15)70115-4     Document Type: Article

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