The 2015 Lancet Commission on global surgery identified surgery and anaesthesia as indispensable parts of holistic health-care systems. However, COVID-19 exposed the fragility of planned surgical services around the world, which have also been neglected in pandemic recovery planning. This study aimed to develop and validate a novel index to support local elective surgical system strengthening and address growing backlogs.
Elective surgery system strengthening: development, measurement, and validation of the surgical preparedness index across 1632 hospitals in 119 countries
Maher, Ahmed;Kumar, Sanjeev;Segalini, Edoardo;Balduzzi, Alberto;Gentilli, Sergio;Morelli, Luca;Sala, Laura;Baldini, Edoardo;Russo, Iris S;Sedda, Giulia;Chu, Francesco;Rossi, Serena;Broglia, Alessandro;Carrano, Francesco Maria;Montagna, Marco;Bozzani, Antonio;Cobianchi, Lorenzo;Calabretto, Francesca;Caricato, Marco;Riva, Carlo;Barone, Gisella;Locatelli, Andrea;Simonelli, Francesca;Hassan, Mohammad;Lopez, Manuel;Colucci, Nicola;Arora, Ankita;
2022-01-01
Abstract
The 2015 Lancet Commission on global surgery identified surgery and anaesthesia as indispensable parts of holistic health-care systems. However, COVID-19 exposed the fragility of planned surgical services around the world, which have also been neglected in pandemic recovery planning. This study aimed to develop and validate a novel index to support local elective surgical system strengthening and address growing backlogs.File in questo prodotto:
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