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Global Neurosurgical Workforce Density-you Cannot Improve What You Do Not Measure

Overview
Journal Chin Neurosurg J
Publisher Biomed Central
Specialty Neurology
Date 2021 Aug 1
PMID 34332646
Citations 4
Authors
Ulrick Sidney Kanmounye
Adam Ammar
Myron Rolle
Abdessamad El Ouahabi
Kee B Park
Affiliations
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Abstract

Five million neurosurgical cases go untreated each year. This is in part due to the lack of neurosurgical care providers. The World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies has spearheaded efforts to monitor the number of neurosurgical providers around the globe since 2016. In this perspective, we discuss why, when, and how the neurosurgical workforce should be measured.

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