ReviewBMJ global health2017
Collecting data for global surgical indicators: a collaborative approach in the Pacific Region.
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- Quality and sustainability of Ethiopia's national surgical indicators.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
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- Letter to Editor: Are LMICs Achieving the Lancet Commission Global Benchmark for Surgical Volumes? A Systematic Review.World journal of surgery · 2023Article
- Assessment of essential surgical and anaesthesia care capacity: a cross-sectional study in five Pacific Island Countries.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2023Article
- Strategic planning to improve surgical, obstetric, anaesthesia, and trauma care in the Asia-Pacific region: introduction.BMC proceedings · 2023Article
- The current status of surgical care in the Asia-Pacific region and opportunities for improvement: proceedings.BMC proceedings · 2023Article
- Evaluating the status of the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery indicators for India.The Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia · 2023Review
- Estimating access to surgical care: A community centered national household survey from Pakistan.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
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- A Journey Undertaken by Families to Access General Surgical Care for their Children at Muhimbili National Hospital, Tanzania; Prospective Observational Cohort Study.World journal of surgery · 2022Observational
- A granular analysis of service delivery for surgical system strengthening: Application of the Lancet indicators for policy development in Colombia.Lancet regional health. Americas · 2022Article
- Travel scenario workshops for geographical accessibility modeling of health services: A transdisciplinary evaluation study.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
In 2015, the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery (LCoGS) recommended six surgical metrics to enable countries to measure their surgical and anaesthesia care delivery. These indicators have subsequently been accepted by the World Bank for inclusion in the World Development Indicators. With support from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and the Pacific Islands Surgical Association, 14 South Pacific countries collaborated to collect the first four of six LCoGS indicators. Thirteen countries collected all four indicators over a 6-month period from October 2015 to April 2016. Australia and New Zealand exceeded the recommended LCoGS target for all four indicators. Only 5 of 13 countries (38%) achieved 2-hour access for at least 80% of their population, with a range of 20% (Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands) to over 65% (Fiji and Samoa). Five of 13 (38%) countries met the target surgical volume of 5000 procedures per 100 000 population, with six performing less than 1600. Four of 14 (29%) countries had at least 20 surgical, anaesthesia and obstetric providers in their workforce per 100 000 population, with a range of 0.9 (Timor Leste) to 18.5 (Tuvalu). Perioperative mortality rate was reported by 13 of 14 countries, and ranged from 0.11% to 1.0%. We believe it is feasible to collect global surgery indicators across the South Pacific, a diverse geographical region encompassing high-income and low-income countries. Such metrics will allow direct comparison between similar nations, but more importantly provide baseline data that providers and politicians can use in advocacy national health planning.
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