Geospatial Analysis of Unmet Surgical Need in Uganda: An Analysis of SOSAS Survey Data

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• 作者：S. Harrison Farber ; Joao Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci ; Tu M. Tran…
• 刊名：World Journal of Surgery
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：41
• 期：2
• 页码：353-363
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• 刊物类别：Medicine
• 刊物主题：Surgery; Abdominal Surgery; Cardiac Surgery; General Surgery; Thoracic Surgery; Vascular Surgery;
• 出版者：Springer International Publishing
• ISSN：1432-2323
• 卷排序：41

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BackgroundGlobally, a staggering five billion people lack access to adequate surgical care. Sub-Saharan Africa represents one of the regions of greatest need. We sought to understand how geographic factors related to unmet surgical need (USN) in Uganda.