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World Development Report 1993 - Investing in Health
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Book : World Development Report 1993 - Investing in Health
Language : English Library : Social Phsician Publish Place : New York ISBN : 0-19-520889-7 ISSN : 0163-5085 Publish Date : 00 1993 Publisher : Oxford University press Book Type : Book Book Number : 3205 |
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INDEX
Contents
Definitions and data notes Overview
Health systems and their problems The roles of the government and of the market in health Government policies for achieving health for all Improving the economic environment for healthy households Investing in public health and essential clinical services Reforming health systems: promoting diversity and competition An agenda for action
1 Health in developing countries: successes and challenges
Why health matters
The record of success
Measuring the burden of disease
Challenges for the future
Lessons from the past: explaining declines in mortality
The potential for effective action
2 Households and health
Household capacity: income and schooling Policies to strengthen household capacity What can be done?
3 The roles of the government and the market in health
Health expenditures and outcomes
The rationales for government action
Value for money in health
Health policy and the performance of health systems
4 Public health
Population-based health services
Diet and nutrition
Fertility
Reducing abuse of tobacco, alcohol, and drugs
Environmental influences on health
AIDS: a threat to development
The essential public health package
5 Clinical services
Public and private finance of clinical services Selecting and financing the essential clinical package Insurance and finance of discretionary clinical services Delivery of clinical services Reorienting clinical services and beyond 6 Health inputs
Reallocating investments in facilities and equipment Addressing imbalances in human resources Improving the selection, acquisition, and use of drugs Generating information and strengthening research
7 An agenda for action
Health policy reform in developing countries
International assistance for health
Meeting the challenges of health policy reform
Acknowledgments
Bibliographical note
Appendix A. Population and health data
Appendix B. The global burden of disease, 1990
World Development Indicators
