Mapping population-level spatial access to essential surgical care in Ghana using availability of bellwether procedures

JAMA Surgery

Volumn 151, Issue 8, 2016, Pages

  Stewart, Barclay T ^a,b,c   Tansley, Gavin ^d,e   Gyedu, Adam ^b,c   Ofosu, Anthony ^f   Donkor, Peter ^b,c   Appiah Denkyira, Ebenezer ^f   Quansah, Robert ^b,c   Clarke, Damian L ^g,h   Volmink, Jimmy ^i,j   Mock, Charles ^a,k,l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^g Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Hosp   (South Africa)

^h UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

ⁱ STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^j SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; BELLWETHER PROCEDURE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CIRCUMCISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIECTOMY; CRANIOTOMY; CYSTOSCOPY; DILATATION AND CURETTAGE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMORRHOIDECTOMY; HERNIORRHAPHY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INFORMATION SERVICE; LAPAROTOMY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE INCOME GROUP; MYOMECTOMY; NEPHRECTOMY; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; ORCHIECTOMY; OVARIECTOMY; PARTIAL GASTRECTOMY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; SKELETON TRACTION; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; THYROIDECTOMY; TONSILLECTOMY; CLASSIFICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EMERGENCY; FRACTURES, OPEN; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

CENSUSES; CESAREAN SECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EMERGENCIES; FRACTURES, OPEN; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; GHANA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84998631577     PISSN: 21686254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.1239     Document Type: Article

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