New global surgical and anaesthesia indicators in the World Development Indicators dataset

Nakul P Raykar^{1

2}, Joshua S Ng-Kamstra^{2

3}, Stephen Bickler⁴, Justine Davies^{5

6}, Sarah L M Greenberg^{2

7}, Lars Hagander⁸, Walt Johnson⁹, Andrew J M Leather⁵, K A Kelly McQueen^{10

11}, Swagoto Mukhopadhyay^{2

12}, Emi Suzuki¹³, Thomas Weiser¹⁴, Mark G Shrime^{2

15}, John G Meara^{2

16}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
² Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
³ Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, California, USA.
⁵ King's Centre for Global Health, King's Health Partners and King's College London, London, UK.
⁶ MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁷ Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
⁸ Pediatric Surgery, Department of Clinical Sciences in Lund, Division of Pediatrics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
⁹ Emergency and Essential Surgical Care Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
¹⁰ Vanderbilt Anesthesia Global Health & Development, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
¹¹ Department of Anesthesia, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
¹² Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
¹³ Development Economics Data Group, World Bank Group, Washington, DC, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA.
¹⁵ Department of Otolaryngology and the Office of Global Surgery and Health, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
¹⁶ Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

PMID: 29225929
PMCID: PMC5717956
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000265

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New global surgical and anaesthesia indicators in the World Development Indicators dataset

Nakul P Raykar et al. BMJ Glob Health. 2017.

. 2017 May 24;2(2):e000265.

doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000265. eCollection 2017.

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
² Program in Global Surgery and Social Change, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
³ Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Department of Surgery, Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, California, USA.
⁵ King's Centre for Global Health, King's Health Partners and King's College London, London, UK.
⁶ MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
⁷ Department of Surgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA.
⁸ Pediatric Surgery, Department of Clinical Sciences in Lund, Division of Pediatrics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden.
⁹ Emergency and Essential Surgical Care Programme, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
¹⁰ Vanderbilt Anesthesia Global Health & Development, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
¹¹ Department of Anesthesia, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
¹² Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
¹³ Development Economics Data Group, World Bank Group, Washington, DC, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, USA.
¹⁵ Department of Otolaryngology and the Office of Global Surgery and Health, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
¹⁶ Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

PMID: 29225929
PMCID: PMC5717956
DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000265

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Keywords: World Health Organization; cost-effectiveness; global anesthesia; global surgery; indicators; surgical access; surgical cost; surgical safety; surgical systems; surgical volume.

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Competing interests: None declared.

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