Barriers and facilitators of surgical care in rural Uganda: A mixed methods study

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 242-250

  Nwanna Nzewunwa, Obieze C ^a   Ajiko, Mary Margaret ^b   Kirya, Fred ^b   Epodoi, Joseph ^b   Kabagenyi, Fiona ^b   Batibwe, Emmanuel ^b   Feldhaus, Isabelle ^a   Juillard, Catherine ^a   Dicker, Rochelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Soroti Regional Referral Hospital   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Capacity assessment; Global surgery; Low income country; Quality; Surgical capacity; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL CARE DELIVERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WARD; TEAMWORK; UGANDA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84971606503     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2016.04.051     Document Type: Article

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