Benchmarking Global Trauma Care: Defining the Unmet Need for Trauma Surgery in Ghana.
Benchmarking
/ statistics & numerical data
Developing Countries
/ statistics & numerical data
Ghana
Global Health
/ standards
Health Services Needs and Demand
/ statistics & numerical data
Hospitals, District
/ statistics & numerical data
Humans
New Zealand
Surgical Procedures, Operative
/ statistics & numerical data
Tertiary Care Centers
/ statistics & numerical data
Wounds and Injuries
/ surgery
Ghana
Global health
Low- and middle-income countries
Surgery
Trauma
Journal
The Journal of surgical research
ISSN: 1095-8673
Titre abrégé: J Surg Res
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0376340
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
03 2020
03 2020
Historique:
received:
08
07
2019
revised:
01
10
2019
accepted:
05
10
2019
pubmed:
7
11
2019
medline:
11
6
2020
entrez:
7
11
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery recommended 5000 operations/100,000 persons annually, but did not define condition-specific guidelines. New Zealand, Lancet Commission on Global Surgery's benchmark country, documented 1158 trauma operations/100,000 persons, providing a benchmark for trauma surgery needs. We sought to determine Ghana's annual trauma operation rate compared with this benchmark. Data on all operations performed in Ghana from June 2014 to May 2015 were obtained from representative sample of 48/124 district (first level), 8/11 regional, and 3/5 tertiary hospitals and scaled up for nationwide estimates. Trauma operations were grouped by hospital level and categorized into "essential" (most cost-effective, highest population impact) versus "other" (specialized) as per the World Bank's Disease Control Priorities Project. Ghana's annual trauma operation rate was compared with the New Zealand benchmark to quantify current met needs for trauma surgery. About 232,776 operations were performed in Ghana; 35,797 were for trauma. Annual trauma operation rate was 134/100,000 (95% UI: 98-169), only 12% of the New Zealand benchmark. District hospitals performed 62% of all operations in the country, but performed only 38% of trauma operations. Eighty seven percentage of trauma operations were deemed "essential". Among specialized trauma operations, only open reduction and internal fixations had even modest numbers (3483 operations). Most other specialized trauma operations were rare. Ghana has a large unmet need for operative trauma care. The low percentage of trauma operations in district hospitals indicates an even greater unmet need in rural areas. Future global surgery benchmarking should consider benchmarks for trauma and other specialties, as well as for different hospital levels.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
The Lancet Commission on Global Surgery recommended 5000 operations/100,000 persons annually, but did not define condition-specific guidelines. New Zealand, Lancet Commission on Global Surgery's benchmark country, documented 1158 trauma operations/100,000 persons, providing a benchmark for trauma surgery needs. We sought to determine Ghana's annual trauma operation rate compared with this benchmark.
METHODS
Data on all operations performed in Ghana from June 2014 to May 2015 were obtained from representative sample of 48/124 district (first level), 8/11 regional, and 3/5 tertiary hospitals and scaled up for nationwide estimates. Trauma operations were grouped by hospital level and categorized into "essential" (most cost-effective, highest population impact) versus "other" (specialized) as per the World Bank's Disease Control Priorities Project. Ghana's annual trauma operation rate was compared with the New Zealand benchmark to quantify current met needs for trauma surgery.
RESULTS
About 232,776 operations were performed in Ghana; 35,797 were for trauma. Annual trauma operation rate was 134/100,000 (95% UI: 98-169), only 12% of the New Zealand benchmark. District hospitals performed 62% of all operations in the country, but performed only 38% of trauma operations. Eighty seven percentage of trauma operations were deemed "essential". Among specialized trauma operations, only open reduction and internal fixations had even modest numbers (3483 operations). Most other specialized trauma operations were rare.
CONCLUSIONS
Ghana has a large unmet need for operative trauma care. The low percentage of trauma operations in district hospitals indicates an even greater unmet need in rural areas. Future global surgery benchmarking should consider benchmarks for trauma and other specialties, as well as for different hospital levels.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31690530
pii: S0022-4804(19)30729-2
doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2019.10.013
pmc: PMC7028509
mid: NIHMS1545519
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Comparative Study
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
280-286Subventions
Organisme : FIC NIH HHS
ID : D43 TW007267
Pays : United States
Organisme : FIC NIH HHS
ID : R25 TW009345
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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