Surgical and Anesthesia Capacity in Bolivian Public Hospitals: Results from a National Hospital Survey

LeBrun, Drake G.; Saavedra-Pozo, Iracema; Agreda-Flores, Fernando; Burdic, MacKenzie; Notrica, Michelle R.; McQueen, Kelly

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“…Of these, 19 reports described water availability at hospitals in a LMIC ( Figure 1). 23,[29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47] LMICs with at least one report of water availability spanned 5 continents: Africa (11 reports; 58% of reports); Asia (4; 21%); South America (2; 11%); North and Central America (1; 5%); and Oceania (1; 5%). Reports from 3 countries, Afghanistan, Somalia, and Ghana, did not include hospital-specific data regarding water availability.…”

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Water availability at hospitals in low- and middle-income countries: implications for improving access to safe surgical care

Chawla

Gupta

Onchiri

et al. 2016

Journal of Surgical Research

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Water availability at hospitals in low- and middle-income countries: implications for improving access to safe surgical care

Chawla

Gupta

Onchiri

et al. 2016

Journal of Surgical Research

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“…Intervention strategy developed to support personnel and to provide necessary equipment and supplies to improve surgical capacity Markin et al [17] 2013 Bolivia Lebrun et al [7] Performed surgical capacity assessment to complement and compare to other study…”

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Moving from Data Collection to Application: A Systematic Literature Review of Surgical Capacity Assessments and their Applications

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While 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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“…No patient data were collected and institutional review board exemption was obtained by partner institutions, as previously described 4 – 8 , 17 …”

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A geospatial evaluation of timely access to surgical care in seven countries

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Banguti

Chackungal

et al. 2017

Bull. World Health Organ.

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Abstract:ObjectiveTo assess the consistent availability of basic surgical resources at selected facilities in seven countries.MethodsIn 2010–2014, we used a situational analysis tool to collect data at district and regional hospitals in Bangladesh (n = 14), the Plurinational State of Bolivia (n = 18), Ethiopia (n = 19), Guatemala (n = 20), the Lao People's Democratic Republic (n = 12), Liberia (n = 12) and Rwanda (n = 25). Hospital sites were selected by pragmatic sampling. Data were geocoded and then analysed using an online data visualization platform. Each hospital’s catchment population was defined as the people who could reach the hospital via a vehicle trip of no more than two hours. A hospital was only considered to show consistent availability of basic surgical resources if clean water, electricity, essential medications including intravenous fluids and at least one anaesthetic, analgesic and antibiotic, a functional pulse oximeter, a functional sterilizer, oxygen and providers accredited to perform surgery and anaesthesia were always available.FindingsOnly 41 (34.2%) of the 120 study hospitals met the criteria for the provision of consistent basic surgical services. The combined catchments of the study hospitals in each study country varied between 3.3 million people in Liberia and 151.3 million people in Bangladesh. However, the combined catchments of the study hospitals in each study country that met the criteria for the provision of consistent basic surgical services were substantially smaller and varied between 1.3 million in Liberia and 79.2 million in Bangladesh.ConclusionMany study facilities were deficient in the basic infrastructure necessary for providing basic surgical care on a consistent basis.

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Surgical and Anesthesia Capacity in Bolivian Public Hospitals: Results from a National Hospital Survey

Cited by 28 publications

References 29 publications

Water availability at hospitals in low- and middle-income countries: implications for improving access to safe surgical care

Water availability at hospitals in low- and middle-income countries: implications for improving access to safe surgical care

Moving from Data Collection to Application: A Systematic Literature Review of Surgical Capacity Assessments and their Applications

A geospatial evaluation of timely access to surgical care in seven countries

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