2024
Cost-effectiveness of a pediatric operating room installation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Yap A, Halid S, Ukwu N, Laverde R, Park P, Klazura G, Bryce E, Cheung M, Marseille E, Ozgediz D, Ameh E. Cost-effectiveness of a pediatric operating room installation in Sub-Saharan Africa. PLOS Global Public Health 2024, 4: e0001748. PMID: 38536860, PMCID: PMC10971580, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001748.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDisability-adjusted life yearsPediatric operating roomIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioSub-Saharan AfricaSurgical infrastructureProbabilistic sensitivity analysesOperating roomLocal healthcare systemCost-effective interventionPayor perspectiveCost-effectiveSub-SaharanHealth outcomesPediatric surgical servicesSurgical capacityCost-effectiveness thresholdPatient's familyCost-effectiveness ratioHealthcare systemLack of knowledgeGlobal surgerySurgical deliveryUnited States dollarsLife yearsSurgical services
2021
Access to pediatric surgery delivered by general surgeons and anesthesia providers in Uganda: Results from 2 rural regional hospitals
Grabski DF, Ajiko M, Kayima P, Ruzgar N, Nyeko D, Fitzgerald TN, Langer M, Cheung M, Cigliano B, D'Agostino S, Baird R, Duffy D, Tumukunde J, Nabukenya M, Ogwang M, Kisa P, Sekabira J, Kakembo N, Ozgediz D. Access to pediatric surgery delivered by general surgeons and anesthesia providers in Uganda: Results from 2 rural regional hospitals. Surgery 2021, 170: 1397-1404. PMID: 34130809, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2021.05.007.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPediatric surgical capacityRural regional hospitalGeneral surgeonsSurgical capacitySurgery admissionsMiddle-income countriesSurgical guidelinesRegional hospitalPediatric surgeryAnesthesia providersRegional Referral HospitalProspective clinical databasePediatric surgical servicesPediatric surgical careGeneral surgery casesMajority of casesHospital mortalityPrimary outcomeReferral hospitalSurgical infectionsClinical outcomesSurgery casesHernia repairSurgical careSurgical procedures
2018
From procedure to poverty: out-of-pocket and catastrophic expenditure for pediatric surgery in Uganda
Yap A, Cheung M, Kakembo N, Kisa P, Muzira A, Sekabira J, Ozgediz D. From procedure to poverty: out-of-pocket and catastrophic expenditure for pediatric surgery in Uganda. Journal Of Surgical Research 2018, 232: 484-491. PMID: 30463761, DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2018.05.077.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHospital stayCatastrophic health care expenditurePediatric populationPatient's familyIndirect costsMedian indirect costMedian OOP costsPediatric surgical wardDirect costsDirect medical costsPediatric surgical servicesMedian direct costPediatric surgical proceduresDirect nonmedical costsHealth care expendituresPercent of respondentsPostoperative patientsSurgical wardsMulago HospitalSurgical deliveryPercent of familiesSurgical proceduresPediatric surgeryNonmedical costsSurgical services