Human Resource and Funding Constraints for Essential Surgery in District Hospitals in Africa: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Survey

BACKGROUND: 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 s...

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Main Authors: Kruk, Margaret E., Wladis, Andreas, Mbembati, Naboth, Ndao-Brumblay, S. Khady, Hsia, Renee Y., Galukande, Moses, Luboga, Sam, Matovu, Alphonsus, de Miranda, Helder, Ozgediz, Doruk, Quiñones, Ana Romàn, Rockers, Peter C., von Schreeb, Johan, Vaz, Fernando, Debas, Haile T., Macfarlane, Sarah B.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2010
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2834706/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20231869
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1000242
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