World Health Assembly Resolution WHA68.15: "strengthening Emergency and Essential Surgical Care and Anesthesia as a Component of Universal Health Coverage" - Addressing the Public Health Gaps Arising from Lack of Safe, Affordable and Accessible Surgical and Anesthetic Services

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2115-2125

  Price, Raymond ^a,b   Makasa, Emmanuel ^c   Hollands, Michael ^d,e  

^a INTERMOUNTAIN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Permanent Mission of Zambia ^*  (Switzerland)

^d WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SURGERY;

ANESTHESIA; EMERGENCIES; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNIVERSAL COVERAGE;

EID: 84938950021     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-015-3153-y     Document Type: Article

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