• Catastrophic expenditure and impoverishment after caesarean section in Sierra Leone: An evaluation of the free health care initiative 

      van Duinen, Aalke Johan; Westendorp, Josien; Ashley, Thomas; Hagander, Lars; Holmer, Hampus; Koroma, Alimamy P.; Leather, Andy J.M.; Shrime, Mark G.; Wibe, Arne; Bolkan, Håkon Angell (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background Utilizing surgical services, including caesarean sections, can result in catastrophic expenditure and impoverishment. In 2010, Sierra Leone introduced the Free Health Care Initiative (FHCI), a national financial ...
    • Global surgery, obstetric, and anaesthesia indicator definitions and reporting: An Utstein consensus report 

      Davies, Justine I; Gelb, Adrian W.; Gore-Booth, Julian; Martin, Janet; Mellin-Olsen, Jannicke; Åkerman, Christina; Ameh, Emmanuel A.; Biccard, Bruce M.; Braut, Geir Sverre; Chu, Kathryn M.; Derbew, Miliard; Ersdal, Hege Langli; Guzman, Jose Miguel; Hagander, Lars; Haylock-Loor, Carolina; Holmer, Hampus; Johnson, Walter; Juran, Sabrina; Kassebaum, Nicolas J.; Lærdal, Tore; Leather, Andrew J.M.; Lipnick, Michael S.; Ljungman, David; Makasa, Emmanuel Malabo Mwenda; Meara, John G.; Newton, Mark W.; Østergaard, Doris; Reynolds, Teri; Romanzi, Lauri J.; Santhirapala, Vatshalan; Shrime, Mark G.; Søreide, Kjetil; Steinholt, Margit; Suzuki, Emi; Varallo, John E.; Visser, Gerard H.A.; Watters, David; Weiser, Thomas G. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background Indicators to evaluate progress towards timely access to safe surgical, anaesthesia, and obstetric (SAO) care were proposed in 2015 by the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery. These aimed to capture access to ...