Clinical spine care partnerships between high-income countries and low-and-middle-income countries: A scoping review.
<h4>Background</h4>Clinical collaboration between spine professionals in high-income countries (HICs) and low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs) may provide improvements in the accessibility, efficacy, and safety of global spine care. Currently, the scope and effectiveness of these coll...
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| author | Hannah Lin Kristin Halvorsen Myat Thu Win Michael Yancey Nada Rbil Abhinaba Chatterjee Bridget Jivanelli Sariah Khormaee |
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| description | <h4>Background</h4>Clinical collaboration between spine professionals in high-income countries (HICs) and low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs) may provide improvements in the accessibility, efficacy, and safety of global spine care. Currently, the scope and effectiveness of these collaborations remain unclear. In this review, we describe the literature on the current state of these partnerships to provide a framework for exploring future best practices.<h4>Methods</h4>PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Library were queried for articles on spine-based clinical partnerships between HICs and LMICs published between 2000 and March 10, 2023. This search yielded 1528 total publications. After systematic screening, nineteen articles were included in the final review.<h4>Results</h4>All published partnerships involved direct clinical care and 13/19 included clinical training of local providers. Most of the published collaborations reviewed involved one of four major global outreach organizations with the majority of sites in Africa. Participants were primarily physicians and physicians-in-training. Only 5/19 studies reported needs assessments prior to starting their partnerships. Articles were split on evaluative focus, with some only evaluating clinical outcomes and some evaluating the nature of the partnership itself.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Published studies on spine-focused clinical partnerships between HICs and LMICs remain scarce. Those that are published often do not report needs assessments and formal metrics to evaluate the efficacy of such partnerships. Toward improving the quality of spine care globally, we recommend an increase in the quality and quantity of published studies involving clinical collaborations between HICs and LICs, with careful attention to reporting early needs assessments and evaluation strategies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e1ac8eeae5bf477c9cf06f394630ba622023-11-04T05:33:24ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032023-01-011810e028735510.1371/journal.pone.0287355Clinical spine care partnerships between high-income countries and low-and-middle-income countries: A scoping review.Hannah LinKristin HalvorsenMyat Thu WinMichael YanceyNada RbilAbhinaba ChatterjeeBridget JivanelliSariah Khormaee<h4>Background</h4>Clinical collaboration between spine professionals in high-income countries (HICs) and low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs) may provide improvements in the accessibility, efficacy, and safety of global spine care. Currently, the scope and effectiveness of these collaborations remain unclear. In this review, we describe the literature on the current state of these partnerships to provide a framework for exploring future best practices.<h4>Methods</h4>PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Library were queried for articles on spine-based clinical partnerships between HICs and LMICs published between 2000 and March 10, 2023. This search yielded 1528 total publications. After systematic screening, nineteen articles were included in the final review.<h4>Results</h4>All published partnerships involved direct clinical care and 13/19 included clinical training of local providers. Most of the published collaborations reviewed involved one of four major global outreach organizations with the majority of sites in Africa. Participants were primarily physicians and physicians-in-training. Only 5/19 studies reported needs assessments prior to starting their partnerships. Articles were split on evaluative focus, with some only evaluating clinical outcomes and some evaluating the nature of the partnership itself.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Published studies on spine-focused clinical partnerships between HICs and LMICs remain scarce. Those that are published often do not report needs assessments and formal metrics to evaluate the efficacy of such partnerships. Toward improving the quality of spine care globally, we recommend an increase in the quality and quantity of published studies involving clinical collaborations between HICs and LICs, with careful attention to reporting early needs assessments and evaluation strategies.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0287355&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Hannah Lin Kristin Halvorsen Myat Thu Win Michael Yancey Nada Rbil Abhinaba Chatterjee Bridget Jivanelli Sariah Khormaee Clinical spine care partnerships between high-income countries and low-and-middle-income countries: A scoping review. PLoS ONE |
| title | Clinical spine care partnerships between high-income countries and low-and-middle-income countries: A scoping review. |
| title_full | Clinical spine care partnerships between high-income countries and low-and-middle-income countries: A scoping review. |
| title_fullStr | Clinical spine care partnerships between high-income countries and low-and-middle-income countries: A scoping review. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Clinical spine care partnerships between high-income countries and low-and-middle-income countries: A scoping review. |
| title_short | Clinical spine care partnerships between high-income countries and low-and-middle-income countries: A scoping review. |
| title_sort | clinical spine care partnerships between high income countries and low and middle income countries a scoping review |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0287355&type=printable |
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