Barriers and Facilitators to Collecting Surgical Outcome Data in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: An International Survey

Background:. Perioperative data are essential to improve the safety of surgical care. However, surgical outcome research (SOR) from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is disproportionately sparse. We aimed to assess practices, barriers, facilitators, and perceptions influencing the collection...

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Published in:	Annals of Surgery Open
Main Authors:	Thomas Diehl, MD, Taylor J. Jaraczewski, MD, MS, Kaleem Sohail Ahmed, MBBS, MSAI, Muhammad Rizwan Khan, MBBS, FCPS, FRCS, FACS, MHPE, Ewen M. Harrison, MB, ChB, MSc, PhD, FRCS, Belay Mellese Abebe, MD, Asad Latif, MD, MPH, Nabiha Mughal, MD, Sadaf Khan, MBBS, FACS, FACRS, K. A. Kelly McQueen, MD, MPH, FASA, Girma Tefera, MD, Syed Nabeel Zafar, MBBS, MPH, FACS
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wolters Kluwer Health 2024-03-01
Online Access:	http://journals.lww.com/10.1097/AS9.0000000000000384

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