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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
The quality of emergency obstetrical surgery by assistant medical officers in Tanzanian district hospitals
Health Affairs, Volume 28, No. 5, Year 2009
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Description
Five countries in sub-Saharan Africa use nonphysicians to perform major emergency obstetrical surgery. In Tanzania, assistant medical officers provide most of this surgery outside of major cities. Questions about the quality of surgery by nonphysicians have kept most African countries from following this example. We reviewed the records of all patients admitted for complicated deliveries to fourteen district hospitals during four months. Among 1,134 complicated deliveries and 1,072 major obstetrical operations, there were no significant differences between assistant medical officers and medical officers in outcomes, risk indicators, or quality. There were significant differences between mission and government hospitals. ©2009 Project HOPE - The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
McCord, Colin W.
United States, New York
Columbia University
Mbaruku, Godfrey M.
Tanzania, Dar es Salaam
Ifakara Health Research Center
Pereira, Caetano
Sweden, Stockholm
Karolinska Institutet
Nzabuhakwa, C.
Tanzania
Maweni Hospital
Bergström, Staffan E.
Sweden, Stockholm
Karolinska Institutet
Statistics
Citations: 113
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1377/hlthaff.28.5.w876
ISSN:
02782715
e-ISSN:
15445208
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Study Locations
Tanzania