Surgical Care and Health Systems
dc.contributor.author | Spiegel, D.A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Misra, M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Bendix, P. | |
dc.contributor.author | Hagander, L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Bickler, S.W. | |
dc.contributor.author | Saleh, C.O. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ekeke-Monono, M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Baah-Odoom, D. | |
dc.contributor.author | Caldwell, A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Irons, B. | |
dc.contributor.author | Amir, S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Taylor, R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Layne, M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Hailu, H. | |
dc.contributor.author | Awais, S.M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Price, R.R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Crockett, S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Islam, M. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-09-11T15:17:26Z | |
dc.date.available | 2018-09-11T15:17:26Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-09 | |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: While surgical care impacts a wide variety of diseases and conditions with non-operative and operative services, both preventive and curative, there has been little discussion concerning how surgery might be integrated within the health system of a low and middle-income country (LMIC), nor how strengthening surgical services may improve health systems and population health. METHODS: We reviewed reports from several meetings of the working group on health systems strengthening of the Global Initiative for Emergency and Essential Surgical Care, and also performed a review of the literature including the search terms "surgery," "health system," "developing country," "health systems strengthening," "health information system," "financing," "governance," and "integration." RESULTS: The literature search revealed no reports which focused on the integration of surgical services within a health system or as a component of health system strengthening. A conceptual model of how surgical care might be integrated within a health system is proposed, based on the discussions of our working group, combined with sources from the medical literature, and utilizing the World Health Organization's conceptual model of a health system. CONCLUSIONS: Strengthening the delivery of surgical services in LMICs will require inputs at multiple levels within a health system, and this effort will require the coalescence of committed individuals and organizations, supported by civil society. | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | doi: 10.1007/s00268-014-2928-x. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/24064 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | World Journal of Surgery | en_US |
dc.subject | surgical care | en_US |
dc.subject | low and middle-income country (LMIC) | en_US |
dc.subject | health systems | en_US |
dc.subject | population health | en_US |
dc.title | Surgical Care and Health Systems | en_US |
dc.title.alternative | Surgical Care and Health Systems. | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
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