Conference
The burden of waiting: DALYs accrued from delayed access to pediatric surgery in Kenya and Canada
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) have become the standard metric for estimating burden of disease (BoD), but have not yet been applied to delayed access to surgical procedures. This study estimates the DALYs accrued from delayed access to surgical care in two pediatric surgical units in Kenya and Canada.
METHODS: Records of operations for 13 congenital health states in a Kenyan and a Canadian hospital were prospectively …
Authors
Poenaru D; Pemberton J; Cameron BH
Volume
50
Pagination
pp. 765-770
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
May 2015
DOI
10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2015.02.033
Conference proceedings
Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Issue
5
ISSN
0022-3468