Browsing by Subject "Access to care"

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    • Acute Care Surgery in Rwanda: Operative Epidemiology and Geographic Variations in Access to Care 

      Wong, Evan G; Ntakiyiruta, Georges; Rousseau, Mathieu C; Ruhungande, Landouald; Kushner, Adam L; Liberman, Alexander S; Khwaja, Kosar; Dakermandji, Marc; Wilson, Marnie; Razek, Tarek; Kyamanywa, Patrick; Deckelbaum, Dan L (Mosby-Elsevier, 360 Park Avenue South, New York, Usa, Ny, 10010-1710, 2015)
      Background Surgical management of emergent, life-threatening diseases is an important public health priority. The objectives of this study were to (1) describe acute care general surgery procedures performed at the largest ...

    • Self-reported Determinants of Access to Surgical Care in 3 Developing Countries 

      Forrester, Joseph D; Forrester, Jared A; Kamara, Thaim B; Groen, Reinou S; Shrestha, Sunil; Gupta, Shailvi; Kyamanywa, Patrick; Petroze, Robin T; Kushner, Adam L; Wren, Sherry M (Amer Medical Assoc , 330 N Wabash Ave, Ste 39300, Chicago, Usa, Il, 60611-5885, 2016)
      IMPORTANCE Surgical care is recognized as a growing component of global public health. OBJECTIVE To assess self-reported barriers to access of surgical care in Sierra Leone, Rwanda, and Nepal using the validated Surgeons ...

    • Understanding Health-seeking and Adherence to Treatment by Patients With Esophageal Cancer at the Uganda Cancer Institute: A Qualitative Study 

      Nakimuli, Esther; Ssentongo, Julius; Mwaka, Amos Deogratius (BioMed Central Ltd, 2021-02-18)
      Background: In the low- and middle-income countries, most patients with esophageal cancer present with advanced stage disease and experience poor survival. There is inadequate understanding of the factors that influence ...