Half a billion surgical cases: Aligning Surgical delivery with best-performing health systems

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 27-32

  Shrime, Mark G ^a,b,c   Daniels, Kimberly M ^d   Meara, John G ^b,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONGO; FEMALE; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; ZIMBABWE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84944358159     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2015.03.025     Document Type: Article

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