Deaths from acute abdominal conditions and geographical access to surgical care in India: A nationally representative spatial analysis

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2015, Pages e646-e653

  Dare, Anna J ^a   Ng Kamstra, Joshua S ^a   Patra, Jayadeep ^a   Fu, Sze Hang ^a   Rodriguez, Peter S ^a   Hsiao, Marvin ^a   Jotkar, Raju M ^b   Thakur, J S ^c   Sheth, Jay ^d   Jha, Prabhat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Government of Maharashtra   (India)

^c POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^d NHL Municipal Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ICD-10; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUTH CANCER; PEPTIC ULCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SURGERY; UTERUS CANCER; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941808275     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(15)00079-0     Document Type: Article

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