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BOOK REVIEW |
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| Year : 1995 | Volume
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| Issue : 5 | Page : 117-118 |
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Book Review-2
DD Banker
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Correspondence Address:
D D Banker
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How to cite this article:
Banker D D. Book Review-2. Indian J Med Sci 1995;49:117-8 |
GLOBAL COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENTS IN THE HEALTH SECTOR - Disease Burden, Expenditures and Intervention Packages. Ed. C.J.L. Murkay and A. D. Lopez, World Health Organization, 1994, Geneva, pp. 191.
This book comparises of collected reprints from the Bulletin of the World Health Organization. This compilation contains the only available comparative assessments of cause of death, disease burden, health expenditures, international aid for health, and of the options for cost-effective interventions. The book is in two parts. Articles in part one describe the concept, applications, and results of the use of disability adjusted life years (DALYs) for measuring the global burden of disease. Articles in part two provide comparative assessment of financial resources available to the health sector and the range of interventions that can be purchased with these resources. These assessments allow identification of a minimum package of essential public health and clinical interventions which are highly cost-effective and useful for low-income developing countries. This is a bold new demographic and epidemiological analysis which provides us with a description of the state of world health in 1990. This book will be a useful source material for students of preventive medicine and public health and for government agencies.
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