Mapping disparities in access to safe, timely, and essential surgical care in Zambia

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 151, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1064-1069

  Esquivel, Micaela M ^a   Uribe Leitz, Tarsicio ^a   Makasa, Emmanuel ^b   Lishimpi, Kennedy ^c   Mwaba, Peter ^c   Bowman, Kendra ^d   Weiser, Thomas G ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Permanent Mission of Zambia ^*  (Switzerland)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Zambia)

^d Children's Hospital of Wisconsin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY CARE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OBSTETRIC PROCEDURE; PATIENT SAFETY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZAMBIA; ABDOMEN; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; MANPOWER; OBSTETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; SURGERY; TIME FACTOR; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ABDOMEN; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, HOSPITAL; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT SAFETY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84997234973     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.2303     Document Type: Article

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