| Title |
Population Health Metrics for Surgery: Effective Coverage of Surgical Services in Low‐Income and Middle‐Income Countries
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|---|---|
| Published in |
World Journal of Surgery, October 2008
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| DOI | 10.1007/s00268-008-9799-y |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Doruk Ozgediz, Renee Hsia, Thomas Weiser, Richard Gosselin, David Spiegel, Stephen Bickler, Peter Dunbar, Kelly McQueen |
| Abstract |
Access to surgical services is emerging as a crucial issue in global public health. "Effective coverage" is a health metric used to evaluate essential health services in low- and middle-income countries. It measures the fraction of potential health gained that is actually realized for a given intervention by integrating the concepts of need, use, and quality. This study applies the concept of effective coverage to surgical services by considering injuries and obstetric complications as high-priority surgical conditions in low- and middle-income countries. Effective coverage for both is poor, but it is less well defined for traumatic conditions compared to obstetric conditions owing to a lack of data. More primary and secondary data are critical to measure effective coverage and to estimate the resources required to improve access to surgical services in low- and middle-income countries. |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 2% |
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Kenya | 1 | 1% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 81 | 90% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 16 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 14 | 16% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 11 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 9% |
| Other | 7 | 8% |
| Other | 24 | 27% |
| Unknown | 10 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 46 | 51% |
| Social Sciences | 8 | 9% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 6 | 7% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 5 | 6% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 8 | 9% |
| Unknown | 14 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
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#4,954,749
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#825
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#17,969
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#5
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