Global surgery initiative in Greece: more than an essential initiative

The Lancet

Volumn 388, Issue 10048, 2016, Pages 957-

  Moris, Demetrios ^a,b   Felekouras, Evangelos ^b   Linos, Dimitrios ^b,c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GREECE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFUGEE; SURGERY; ECONOMICS; GENERAL SURGERY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY;

GENERAL SURGERY; GLOBAL HEALTH; GREECE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS;

EID: 84989172254     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31487-8     Document Type: Letter

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