Estimate of the global volume of surgery in 2012: an assessment supporting improved health outcomes.

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It was previously estimated that 234·2 million operations were performed worldwide in 2004. The association between surgical rates and population health outcomes is not clear. We re-estimated global surgical volume to track changes over time and assess rates associated with healthy populations.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Lancet

Title: Lancet (London, England)

ISSN (Electronic): 1474-547X

ISSN (Print): 0140-6736

Publication date (Electronic): Apr 27 2015

Volume: 385 Suppl 2

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[1 ] Department of Surgery, Stanford University, School of Medicine, CA, USA. Electronic address: tweiser@stanford.edu.

[2 ] Ariadne Labs, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, Boston, MA, USA.

[3 ] Ariadne Labs, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

[4 ] Ariadne Labs, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Surgery Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

[5 ] Department of Surgery, Stanford University, School of Medicine, CA, USA.

[6 ] Management Sciences and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.

[7 ] Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.

[8 ] Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

[9 ] Ariadne Labs, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Surgery Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

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Publisher Item ID: S0140-6736(15)60806-6

DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60806-6

PubMed ID: 26313057

SO-VID: 12837cf2-f0a9-4341-9f2f-53b8fe1739a4

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