Chapters:
12. Organization of essential surgical services and the role of clinics and first-level hospitals (Lead: Colin McCord)
13. Specialized surgical platforms (Lead author: Mark Shrime)
14. Pre-hospital and emergency care (Lead author: Amardeep Thind)
15. Anesthesia and perioperative care (Lead author: Kelly McQueen)
16. Excess surgical mortality: Strategies for improving quality of care (Lead author: Tom Weiser)
17. Workforce innovations: Surgical training and task shifting (Lead author: Staffan Bergstrom)