Barriers to Essential Surgical Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Pilot Study of a Comprehensive Assessment Tool in Ghana

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2613-2621

  Stewart, Barclay T ^a,b   Gyedu, Adam ^b,c   Abantanga, Francis ^b,c   Abdulai, Abdul Rashid ^b   Boakye, Godfred ^b   Kushner, Adam ^d,e,f  

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

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

^c KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^d OverSeas (SOS)   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f Department of International Health Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STANDARDS; SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84942987098     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-015-3168-4     Document Type: Article

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