… the various problems with surgical care in the developing … barriers or problems to surgical
care in developing countries or … put forth in this paper can serve as a guide to policy makers …

… estimates on surgical backlogs that identify the reductions in both emergent and elective
surgery may be useful for guiding government policy to expand surgical care during a surge. …

… policy, this type of restriction does hinder overall progress because it slows departmental
capacity and growth, limiting surgical … Government policies that would allow acquisition of good …

… for surgical care, the feasibility of scaling-up surgical services… inclusion of surgical care in
UHC policy and implementation. … the reasons why specific health policy goals are pursued, and …

… Since then, efforts to expand access to surgical care through coordinated health policy …
Additional support from funding these efforts represent formal governmental policy planning and …

… government policies, increased rates of patients with COVID-19 were likely not the strongest
factor associated with surgical … obligation to provide surgical care and reduce backlogged …

… The government hospitals that were not studied were the … The massive disparity in care
provided by the government … , the government hospitals would need to handle all surgical care. …

… and summarized data on pediatric surgical procedures. In … several policy recommendations
to improve surgical care for … in this analysis, eight are government, five private for-profit, …

… Ghana Government and development partners will improve basic, essential and quality
surgical care at district hospitals in the rural areas of Ghana and enhance health care delivery: …

… Critical policy and programmatic developments are essential to build … When extrapolating
to the national level, 2 h access to a government hospital was almost always available for 15.6…