Journal article
Elective surgery system strengthening: development, measurement, and validation of the surgical preparedness index across 1632 hospitals in 119 countries
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The 2015 Lancet Commission on global surgery identified surgery and anaesthesia as indispensable parts of holistic health-care systems. However, COVID-19 exposed the fragility of planned surgical services around the world, which have also been neglected in pandemic recovery planning. This study aimed to develop and validate a novel index to support local elective surgical system strengthening and address growing backlogs.
METHODS: …
Authors
Surgery NGHUOG; Glasbey JC; Abbott TE; Ademuyiwa A; Adisa A; AlAmeer E; Alshryda S; Arnaud AP; Bankhead-Kendall B; Chaar MKA
Journal
The Lancet, Vol. 400, No. 10363, pp. 1607–1617
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
11 2022
DOI
10.1016/s0140-6736(22)01846-3
ISSN
0140-6736