| Literature DB >> 31592517 |
K A Sonderman1,2, I Citron1, S Mukhopadhyay1, K Albutt1,3, K Taylor1, D Jumbam1, K R Iverson1, M Nthele4, A Bekele5, E Rwamasirabo6, S Maongezi7, M L Steer1, R Riviello1,2, W Johnson8, J G Meara1,9.
Abstract
Background: Emergency and essential surgical, obstetric and anaesthesia (SOA) care are now recognized components of universal health coverage, necessary for a functional health system. To improve surgical care at a national level, strategic planning addressing the six domains of a surgical system is needed. This paper details a process for development of a national surgical, obstetric and anaesthesia plan (NSOAP) based on the experiences of frontline providers, Ministry of Health officials, WHO leaders, and consultants.Entities:
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Year: 2019 PMID: 31592517 PMCID: PMC6773655 DOI: 10.1002/bjs5.50190
Source DB: PubMed Journal: BJS Open ISSN: 2474-9842
Figure 1Steps for developing a national surgical, obstetric and anaesthesia plan NSOAP, national surgical, obstetric and anaesthesia plan.
Figure 2Situational analysis and baseline assessment phases LCOG, Lancet Commission on Global Surgery; MoH, Ministry of Health; SWOT, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats; PGSSC, Program in Global Surgery and Social Change.
Six surgical indicators to evaluate preparedness, service delivery and financial risk of a surgical system
| Indicator no. | Indicator | Domain | Definition | Target 2030 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Access to timely essential surgery | Preparedness | Proportion of population that can access, within 2 h, a facility that can do caesarean delivery, laparotomy and treatment of open fracture (Bellwether procedures) | 80% coverage of essential surgical and anaesthesia services per country |
| 2 | Specialist surgical workforce density | No. of specialist surgical, anaesthetic and obstetric physicians working per 100 000 population | 100% of countries with at least 20 surgical, anaesthetic and obstetric physicians per 100 000 population | |
| 3 | Surgical volume | Service delivery | Procedures done in an operating theatre, per 100 000 population per year | 100% of countries tracking surgical volume; 5000 procedures per 100 000 population |
| 4 | Perioperative mortality rate | All‐cause death rate before discharge in patients who have undergone a procedure in an operating theatre, divided by the total number of procedures, presented as a percentage | 100% of countries tracking perioperative mortality | |
| 5 | Protection against impoverishing expenditure | Financial risk | Proportion of households protected against impoverishment from direct out‐of‐pocket payments for surgical and anaesthesia care | 100% protection against impoverishment from out‐of‐ pocket payments for surgical and anaesthesia care |
| 6 | Protection against catastrophic expenditure | Proportion of households protected against catastrophic expenditure from direct out‐of‐pocket payments for surgical and anaesthesia care | 100% protection against catastrophic expenditure from out‐of‐pocket payments for surgical and anaesthesia care |
Figure 3Stakeholder engagement and prioritization NGO, non‐governmental organization; NSOAP, national surgical, obstetric and anaesthesia plan.
Service delivery indicators, base and targets from the Republic of Zambia's national surgical, obstetric and anaesthesia plan
| Target | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Results chain | Indicator | Means of verification | Base | Mid term 2019 | End term 2021 |
| Output 6: Establish and strengthen the provision of quality comprehensive, highly specialized, and complex surgical case at level 2 and 3 hospitals | No. of facilities providing pain management services on labour wards | 0 | 18 | 36 | |
| No. of facilities providing paediatric anaesthesia | 6 | 18 | 36 | ||
| Output 6: Establish and strengthen the provision of quality comprehensive, highly specialized, and complex surgical case at level 2 and 3 hospitals | No. of facilities providing neonatal anaesthesia | Level 2 and 3 hospital annual reports, MoH annual reports | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| No. of facilities providing cardiac anaesthesia | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| No. of facilities providing renal anaesthesia | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| No. of facilities with functioning ICUs | 4 | 8 | 16 | ||
| No. of facilities with functioning neonatal ICUs | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| No. of facilities with HDUs | 9 | 18 | 36 | ||
| No. of facilities that received and are utilizing admission and treatment protocols to ICUs/HDUs | 0 | 8 | 16 | ||
| No. of facilities providing out‐of‐theatre anaesthesia | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
MoH, Ministry of Health; HDU, high‐dependency unit.
Development pearls for national surgical, obstetric and anaesthesia planning
| Ministry support and ownership is required, and is the key to success |
| Create a timeline for the process and stick to it |
| Appropriate baselining leads to appropriate targets |
| Broad stakeholder involvement from the frontlines will create a well informed plan |
| Address the hard issues, despite their complexity and burdensome nature |
| Decide on set indicators and incorporate into health management information system |
| Involve implementers and financing bodies throughout the entire process to ensure implementation |