Anorectal malformations in low and middle-income countries-spectrum, burden and management

S Sharma, D Mazingi, S Imam, TK Chowdhury… - Seminars in Pediatric …, 2023 - Elsevier
The clinical presentation, diagnosis and management of anorectal malformation has been
well described in the literature, however the experience with these conditions in low-and …

Neonatal surgical morbidity and mortality at a single tertiary center in a low-and middle-income country: a retrospective study of clinical outcomes

MS Hasan, N Islam, AR Mitul - Frontiers in Surgery, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background The most challenging and demanding issue in Pediatrics and Pediatric Surgery
is to deal with neonatal surgery which almost always involves emergency neonatal surgical …

[HTML][HTML] Out-of-pocket costs and catastrophic healthcare expenditure for families of children requiring surgery in sub-Saharan Africa

A Yap, BT Olatunji, S Negash, D Mweru, S Kisembo… - Surgery, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Out-of-pocket healthcare costs leading to catastrophic healthcare expenditure
pose a financial threat for families of children undergoing surgery in Sub-Saharan African …

[HTML][HTML] Out-of-pocket payments and catastrophic household expenditure to access essential surgery in Malawi-A cross-sectional patient survey

L Bijlmakers, M Wientjes, G Mwapasa… - Annals of medicine and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Having to pay out-of-pocket for health care can be prohibitive and even cause
financial catastrophe for patients, especially those with low and irregular incomes. Health …

Financing pediatric surgery: a provider's perspective from the global initiative for children's surgery

SJ Ullrich, N Tamanna, TT Aziz, GS Philipo… - World Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Background Half the world's population is at risk of catastrophic health expenditure (CHE,
out-of-pocket spending of more than 10% of annual expenditure) should they require …

What is the financial burden to patients of accessing surgical care in Sierra Leone? A cross-sectional survey of catastrophic and impoverishing expenditure

M Phull, CE Grimes, TB Kamara, H Wurie… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives To measure the financial burden associated with accessing surgical care in
Sierra Leone. Design A cross-sectional survey conducted with patients at the time of …

Global children's surgery: recent advances and future directions

S Ullrich, P Kisa, D Ozgediz - Current opinion in pediatrics, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Substantial global disparities persist in the care of childhood surgical conditions. Recent
work has provided greater visibility to the challenges and solutions for children's surgery in …

Building back better children's surgical services toward universal health coverage: Perspectives from Bangladesh and Zimbabwe

D Mazingi, TK Chowdhury, TT Aziz… - Frontiers in Public …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction This article is part of the Research Topic 'Health Systems Recovery in the
Context of COVID-19 and Protracted Conflict'. Children's surgical services are crucial, yet …

Measurements of Impoverishing and Catastrophic Surgical Health Expenditures in Low-and Middle-Income Countries and Reduction Interventions in the Last 30 …

G Klazura, LY Wong, LLPA Ribiero… - Journal of Surgical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction Approximately 33 million people suffer catastrophic health expenditure (CHE)
from surgery and/or anesthesia costs. The aim of this systematic review is to evaluate …

Hirschsprung disease: A cost analysis study of the direct, indirect costs and financial coping strategies for the surgical management in Western Uganda

AH Binde, F Oyania, S Ullrich, M Situma… - Pediatric Surgery …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background Surgical management of Hirschsprung disease (HD) in low-and middle-
income countries is typically a staged procedure, necessitating multiple hospitalizations and …