Thomas G Weiser1, Martin A Makary, Alex B Haynes

  • 1Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA.

Lancet (London, England)
|September 29, 2009
PubMed
まとめ

外科医療のための標準化された公衆衛生指標は,世界中の外科医療サービスを評価するために開発されました. これらの指標は,世界中の外科手術の負担と保健システムのパフォーマンスをより良く評価することを可能にします.

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