Macroeconomic costs of the unmet burden of surgical disease in Sierra Leone: A retrospective economic analysis

Macroeconomic costs of the unmet burden of surgical disease in Sierra Leone: A retrospective economic analysis

<h4>Objective</h4> <p>The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery estimated that low/middle-income countries will lose an estimated cumulative loss of 12.3 trillion US Dollars from gross domestic product (GDP) due to the unmet burden of surgical disease. However, no country-specific d...

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Main Authors:	Grimes, C, Quaife, M, Kamara, T, Lavy, C, Leather, A, Bolkan, H
Format:	Journal article
Published:	BMJ Publishing Group 2018

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