Assessing the Brazilian surgical system with six surgical indicators: A descriptive and modelling study

BMJ Global Health

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2017, Pages

  Massenburg, Benjamin B ^a,b,c   Saluja, Saurabh ^b,c,d   Jenny, Hillary E ^a,b,c   Raykar, Nakul P ^b,c,e   Ng Kamstra, Josh ^b,c,f   Guilloux, Aline G A ^g   Scheffer, Mário C ^g   Meara, John G ^b,c   Alonso, Nivaldo ^g   Shrime, Mark G ^b,h  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^h MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EID: 85032695340     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20597908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000226     Document Type: Review

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