Global access to surgical care: a modelling study.

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Abstract

More than 2 billion people are unable to receive surgical care based on operating theatre density alone. The vision of the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery is universal access to safe, affordable surgical and anaesthesia care when needed. We aimed to estimate the number of individuals worldwide without access to surgical services as defined by the Commission's vision.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Lancet Glob Health

Title: The Lancet. Global health

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 2214-109X

ISSN (Print): 2214-109X

Publication date (Electronic): Jun 2015

Volume: 3

Issue: 6

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[1 ] Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA; Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, USA.

[2 ] Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA; Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, USA. Electronic address: nraykar@bidmc.harvard.edu.

[3 ] Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA; Office of Global Surgery and Health, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, USA.

[4 ] Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Palo Alto, USA.

[5 ] Rudy Children's Hospital, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA.

[6 ] Department of Surgery, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA.

[7 ] Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.

[8 ] Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, USA; Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wauwatosa, USA.

[9 ] Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, USA.

[10 ] Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA; Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.

[11 ] Ariadne Labs, Boston, USA; Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.

[12 ] Department of Surgery, BARC Hospital, Mumbai, India; Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.

[13 ] Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA; Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, USA.

[14 ] Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA; Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, USA; Partners-In-Health, Boston, USA.

Article

Mid ID: NIHMS765335 Publisher Item ID: S2214-109X(15)70115-4

DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(15)70115-4

PMC ID: 4820251

PubMed ID: 25926087

SO-VID: 3dd4191d-74aa-472d-9176-ff90d4ce1b84

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