Funding allocation to surgery in low and middle-income countries: a retrospective analysis of contributions from the USA

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Gutnik, Lily ^a,b,c   Dieleman, Joseph ^d   Dare, Anna J ^e   Ramos, Margarita S ^b   Riviello, Robert ^b,f   Meara, John G ^f,g   Yamey, Gavin ^h   Shrime, Mark G ^f,i  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PROJECT   (Malawi)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e King's College London   (United Kingdom)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

CHARITIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FINANCING, ORGANIZED; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTHCARE FINANCING; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85013957133     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/BMJOPEN-2015-008780     Document Type: Article

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