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There are enormous differences in the availability of orthopedic services between and within countries, and only a small subset of patients in LMICs will ever have access to trained orthopedic surgeons. Barriers to health care are social, cultural, financial, and structural.
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Spiegel, D.A., Bickler, S.W. (2014). Barriers to the Delivery of Orthopedic Care. In: Gosselin, R., Spiegel, D., Foltz, M. (eds) Global Orthopedics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1578-7_5
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