Emergency surgical care for the rural poor.

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Dare AJ, Ng-Kamstra JS, Patra J, Fu SH, Rodriguez PS, Hsiao M, Jha P, Jotkar RM, Thakur JS, Sheth J. (Centre for Global Health Research, St Michael’s Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; National Rural Health Mission, Government of Maharashtra, Mumbai; School of Public Health, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh; and Department of Preventative and Social Medicine, NHL Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad, India.) Deaths from acute abdominal conditions and geographical access to surgical care in India A nationally representative spatial analysis. Lancet Global Health 2015;3 e646–53. Published Online 14 August 2015, http// dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(15)00079-0.