Open AccessAssessment of Anesthesia Capacity in Public Surgical Hospitals in Guatemala
Author(s) -
Yuanting Zha,
Paul Truché,
Erick David Murguía Izquierdo,
Kathrin Zimmerman,
Sandra de Izquierdo,
Michael S Lipnick,
Tyler Law,
Adrian W. Gelb,
Faye M. Evans
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0000000000005297
Subject(s) - medicine , workforce , public health , public sector , referral , population , health care , descriptive statistics , medical emergency , family medicine , nursing , environmental health , statistics , economy , mathematics , economics , economic growth
International standards for safe anesthetic care have been developed by the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Whether these standards are met is unknown in many nations, including Guatemala, a country with universal health coverage. We aimed to establish an overview of anesthesia care capacity in public surgical hospitals in Guatemala to help guide public sector health care development.