The Role of Surgery in Global Health: Analysis of United States Inpatient Procedure Frequency by Condition Using the Global Burden of Disease 2010 Framework

• John Rose ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: John Rose, David C. Chang, Thomas G. Weiser, Nicholas J. Kassebaum, Stephen W. Bickler

  * E-mail: jorose@ucsd.edu

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• David C. Chang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: John Rose, David C. Chang, Thomas G. Weiser, Nicholas J. Kassebaum, Stephen W. Bickler

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

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• Thomas G. Weiser ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: John Rose, David C. Chang, Thomas G. Weiser, Nicholas J. Kassebaum, Stephen W. Bickler

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

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• Nicholas J. Kassebaum ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: John Rose, David C. Chang, Thomas G. Weiser, Nicholas J. Kassebaum, Stephen W. Bickler

  Affiliations Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Anesthesiology/Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

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• Stephen W. Bickler

  Contributed equally to this work with: John Rose, David C. Chang, Thomas G. Weiser, Nicholas J. Kassebaum, Stephen W. Bickler

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, California, United States of America

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