Strategic Assessment of Trauma Care Capacity in Ghana

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2428-2440

  Stewart, Barclay T ^a,b,c   Quansah, Robert ^b,c   Gyedu, Adam ^b,c   Ankomah, James ^b   Donkor, Peter ^b,c   Mock, Charles ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICES; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POVERTY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STANDARDS; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TRAUMATOLOGY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; GHANA; HEALTHCARE FINANCING; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; POVERTY; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TRAUMATOLOGY;

EID: 84940721712     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-015-3132-3     Document Type: Article

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