Patient perceptions about laparoscopy at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 20, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Gyedu, Adam ^a,b   Fugar, Setri ^b   Price, Raymond ^c,d   Bingener, Juliane ^e  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

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

^d INTERMOUNTAIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Ghana; Laparoscopy; Patient perception

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN POPULATION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940189172     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: 19378688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2015.20.422.6218     Document Type: Article

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