SynthesisWorld journal of surgery2015
Moving from data collection to application: a systematic literature review of surgical capacity assessments and their applications.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 39 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Surgical Capacity in Public and Private Health Facilities After a Five-Year Strategic Plan Implementation in Ethiopia: A Cross Sectional Study.Annals of global health · 2023Article
- Surgical capacity, productivity and efficiency at the district level in Sub-Saharan Africa: A three-country study.PloS one · 2022Article
- Strengthening Surgery Strengthens Health Systems: A New Paradigm and Potential Pathway for Horizontal Development in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.World journal of surgery · 2019Article
- The global surgery blood drought: frontline provider data on barriers and solutions in Bihar, India.Global health action · 2019Article
- Surgical Capacity at District Hospitals in Zambia: From 2012 to 2016.World journal of surgery · 2018Article
- Global Surgery - Redirecting Strategies for a Global Research Agenda Comment on "Global Surgery - Informing National Strategies for Scaling Up Surgery in Sub-Saharan Africa".International journal of health policy and management · 2018Article
- Exploring the Relationship Between Surgical Capacity and Output in Ghana: Current Capacity Assessments May Not Tell the Whole Story.World journal of surgery · 2018Article
- Access to Safe, Timely, and Affordable Surgical Care in Uganda: A Stratified Randomized Evaluation of Nationwide Public Sector Surgical Capacity and Core Surgical Indicators.World journal of surgery · 2018Article
- Cost-Effectiveness of a Locally Organized Surgical Outreach Mission: Making a Case for Strengthening Local Non-Governmental Organizations.World journal of surgery · 2017Article
- Assessment of Barriers to Essential Surgical Care in Two Communities in the Upper West Region, Ghana.Journal of health care for the poor and underserved · 2017Article
- Surgical Care Required for Populations Affected by Climate-related Natural Disasters: A Global Estimation.PLoS currents · 2016Article
- Challenges and Opportunities in the Provision of Surgical Care in Vanuatu: A Mixed Methods Analysis.World journal of surgery · 2016Article
- Barriers to essential surgical care experienced by women in the two northernmost regions of Ghana: a cross-sectional survey.BMC women's health · 2016Article
- Serial Assessment of Trauma Care Capacity in Ghana in 2004 and 2014.JAMA surgery · 2016Article
- Assessment of risk of peripheral vascular disease and vascular care capacity in low- and middle-income countries.The British journal of surgery · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundOver the past decade, assessments of surgical capacity in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) have contributed to our understanding of barriers to the delivery of surgical services in a number of countries. It is yet unclear, however, how the findings of these assessments have been applied and built upon within the published literature.
methodsA systematic literature review of surgical capacity assessments in LMICs was performed to evaluate current levels of understanding of global surgical capacity and to identify areas for future study. A reverse snowballing method was then used to follow-up citations of the identified studies to assess how this research has been applied and built upon in the literature.
resultsTwenty-one papers reporting the findings of surgical capacity assessments conducted in 17 different LMICs in South Asia, East Asia and Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, and sub-Saharan Africa were identified. These studies documented substantial deficits in human resources, infrastructure, equipment, and supplies. Only seven additional papers were identified which applied or built upon the studies. Among these, capacity assessment findings were most commonly used to develop novel tools and intervention strategies, but they were also used as baseline measurements against which updated capacity assessments were compared.
conclusionsWhile the global surgery community has made tremendous progress in establishing baseline values of surgical capacity in LMICs around the world, further work is necessary to build upon and apply the foundational knowledge established through these efforts. Capacity assessment data should be coordinated and used in ongoing research efforts to monitor and evaluate progress in global surgery and to develop targeted intervention strategies. Intervention strategy development may also be further incorporated into the evaluation process itself.
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