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Elective surgery system strengthening: development, measurement, and validation of the surgical preparedness index across 1632 hospitals in 119 countries

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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.

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1016/s0140-6736(22)01846-3

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Women's & Reproductive Health
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Publisher:
Elsevier
Journal:
The Lancet More from this journal
Volume:
400
Issue:
10363
Pages:
1607-1617
Publication date:
2022-10-31
Acceptance date:
2022-09-20
DOI:
EISSN:
1474-547X
ISSN:
0140-6736
Pmid:
36328042


Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1304996
Local pid:
pubs:1304996
Deposit date:
2023-02-11

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