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The Transforming Power of High-Quality Surgical Care: Surgery’s Role in Improving Public Health

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There is increased understanding of how surgery can transform access to and the impact of public health initiatives internationally. Through innovations in technology, infrastructure, and workforce development, safe and effective surgical procedures can be made available outside urban centers in developing nations where resources are scarce. These advances should influence allocation of resources to such low-cost, high impact health system elements. Prioritization of surgical conditions and interventions is essential to this progress.

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We would like to acknowledge Mark Ferguson, MD from University of Chicago, for critically reviewing the manuscript.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, FL, 33431, USA

    Jaymie A. Henry MD, MPH

  2. Family and Preventive Medicine, Division of Public Health, Intermountain Medical Center, Intermountain Healthcare, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84113, USA

    Raymond Price MD, FACS

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  1. Department of Surgery, Anne Arundel Health System, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Annapolis, Maryland, USA

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  2. Department of Surgery, Center for Global Surgery, Department of Family and Preventative Medicine, Division of Public Health, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

    Raymond Price

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Henry, J.A., Price, R. (2017). The Transforming Power of High-Quality Surgical Care: Surgery’s Role in Improving Public Health. In: Park, A., Price, R. (eds) Global Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49482-1_2

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