Human resource and funding constraints for essential surgery in district hospitals in Africa: a retrospective cross-sectional survey.

Human resource and funding constraints for essential surgery in district hospitals in Africa: a retrospective cross-sectional survey.

There is a growing recognition that the provision of surgical services in low-income countries is inadequate to the need. While constrained health budgets and health worker shortages have been blamed for the low rates of surgery, there has been little empirical data on the providers of surgery and c...

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Main Authors: Margaret E Kruk, Andreas Wladis, Naboth Mbembati, S Khady Ndao-Brumblay, Renee Y Hsia, Moses Galukande, Sam Luboga, Alphonsus Matovu, Helder de Miranda, Doruk Ozgediz, Ana Romàn Quiñones, Peter C Rockers, Johan von Schreeb, Fernando Vaz, Haile T Debas, Sarah B Macfarlane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-03-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2834706?pdf=render

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