Table 1.
Domain | Platform | ||
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Temporary, short-term | Temporary, self-contained | Surgical specialty hospital | |
Effectiveness | Poor results for complex procedures; effective for simple procedures | Potentially equivalent to developed-world outcomes | Equivalent to developed-world outcomes |
Cost-effectiveness | Cost-effective if serving as the only platform for surgery; unlikely cost-effective otherwise | No data | Most cost-effective of the competing choices |
Sustainability | Unlikely sustainable; may have a detrimental impact on health-seeking behaviour | No data | Platform suitable for sustainability |
Training | Effective for training of developed-world surgeons. Little data on training of LMIC surgeons | Platform available for training | Definite role for training of LMIC surgeons |
Sparse data on this platform limit the certainty of these conclusions