Generation of political priority for global surgery: a qualitative policy analysis

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2015, Pages e487-e495

  Shawar, Yusra Ribhi ^a   Shiffman, Jeremy ^a   Spiegel, David A ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGIST; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISABILITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; DISEASE BURDEN; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERVIEW; MANAGEMENT; POLITICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; POLICY MAKING; POLITICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84965177201     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(15)00098-4     Document Type: Article

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