Editorial Commentary on Bolkan et al. "The Surgical Workforce and Surgical Provider Productivity in Sierra Leone: A Countrywide Inventory"

Barclay T Stewart^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific St., Suite BB-487, PO Box 356410, Seattle, WA, 98195-6410, USA. stewarb@uw.edu.
² School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. stewarb@uw.edu.
³ Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa. stewarb@uw.edu.

Editorial

Barclay T Stewart. World J Surg. 2016 Jun.

. 2016 Jun;40(6):1352-4.

doi: 10.1007/s00268-016-3439-8.

Barclay T Stewart^{1

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3}

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific St., Suite BB-487, PO Box 356410, Seattle, WA, 98195-6410, USA. stewarb@uw.edu.
² School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. stewarb@uw.edu.
³ Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa. stewarb@uw.edu.

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Comment on

The Surgical Workforce and Surgical Provider Productivity in Sierra Leone: A Countrywide Inventory.
Bolkan HA, Hagander L, von Schreeb J, Bash-Taqi D, Kamara TB, Salvesen Ø, Wibe A. Bolkan HA, et al. World J Surg. 2016 Jun;40(6):1344-51. doi: 10.1007/s00268-016-3417-1. World J Surg. 2016. PMID: 26822155 Free PMC article.

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