TY - JOUR
T1 - Trauma quality improvement in low and middle income countries of the Asia-Pacific region: a mixed methods study
AU - Stelfox, H T
AU - Joshipura, Manjul
AU - Chadbunchachai, Witaya
AU - Ellawala, Ranjith
AU - O'Reilly, Gerard Michael
AU - Nguyen, Thai Son
AU - Gruen, Russell Lindsay
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Quality Improvement (QI) programs have been shown to be a valuable tool to strengthen care of severely injured patients, but little is known about them in low and middle income countries (LMIC). We sought to explore opportunities to improve trauma QI activities in LMIC, focusing on the Asia-Pacific region. A mixed methods research study using both inductive thematic analysis of a meeting convened at the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Melbourne, Australia, November 21-22, 2010 and a premeeting survey to explore experiences with trauma QI activities in LMIC were used.
AB - Quality Improvement (QI) programs have been shown to be a valuable tool to strengthen care of severely injured patients, but little is known about them in low and middle income countries (LMIC). We sought to explore opportunities to improve trauma QI activities in LMIC, focusing on the Asia-Pacific region. A mixed methods research study using both inductive thematic analysis of a meeting convened at the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Melbourne, Australia, November 21-22, 2010 and a premeeting survey to explore experiences with trauma QI activities in LMIC were used.
UR - http://rd.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs00268-012-1593-1
U2 - 10.1007/s00268-012-1593-1
DO - 10.1007/s00268-012-1593-1
M3 - Article
VL - 36
SP - 1978
EP - 1992
JO - World Journal of Surgery
JF - World Journal of Surgery
SN - 0364-2313
IS - 8
ER -