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Disease Control Priorities in Developing Countries (2nd Edition)

1. 33. Cardiovascular Disease
   1. Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions
   2. Epidemiology of CVD
2. 36. Diseases of the Kidney and the Urinary System
   1. Economic Benefits of Intervention
3. 68. Emergency Medical Services
   1. Burden of Disease
   2. Interventions for Emergency Care: Systems, Structures, and Organization
4. 64. General Primary Care
   1. The Scope of General Primary Care Practice
5. 71. Health Workers: Building and Motivating the Workforce
6. 70. Improving the Quality of Care in Developing Countries
   1. Policy Interventions to Improve Quality
7. 54. Information to Improve Decision Making for Health
8. 34. Inherited Disorders of Hemoglobin
   1. Control and Treatment
9. 63. Integrated Management of the Sick Child
   1. Implementation of Programs: Lessons of Experience
   2. Intervention Cost and Cost-Effectiveness
10. 2. Intervention Cost–Effectiveness: Overview of Main Messages
11. 26. Maternal and Perinatal Conditions
12. 31. Mental Disorders
    1. Cost-Effectiveness Methods and Results
    2. Policy and Service Implications
13. 61. Natural Disaster Mitigation and Relief
    1. Disasters as a Public Health Condition
    2. Intervention Cost, Cost-Effectiveness, and Economic Benefits
    3. Interventions: From Response to Prevention
14. 27. Newborn Survival
    1. Interventions
15. 52. Pain Control for People with Cancer and AIDS
    1. Costs and Cost-Effectiveness
16. 66. Referral Hospitals
    1. Concluding Comments
    2. Current Balance of Care in Practice
    3. Definition and Characteristics
    4. Determinants of an Appropriate Balance of Referral-Level Care
    5. Functions and Benefits
    6. Getting Better Value for Money from the Hospital System
17. 35. Respiratory Diseases of Adults
    1. Acute Diseases: Pneumonia and Influenza
    2. Chronic Respiratory Diseases: Nature, Causes, and Burden
18. 5. Science and Technology for Disease Control: Past, Present, and Future
19. 73. Strategic Management of Clinical Services
    1. Managing Clinical Services in Different Settings
    2. The Specifics: What Works?
20. 3. Strengthening Health Systems
    1. Assessment of Approaches to Strengthen Health System Capacity
21. 67. Surgery
    1. Costs and Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions
    2. Interventions
22. 65. The District Hospital
    1. Definitions, Basic Concepts, and Framework
    2. Economics of District Hospitals: A Summary of Reported Experience
    3. Effecting Change with Cross-Cutting Interventions
    4. Factors Influencing District Hospitals' Performance
    5. The Future: Research and Information Needs

Priorities in Health

1. 7. Pillars of the Health System
2. 6. Providing Interventions
   1. Cross-Level Services and Inputs
   2. Levels of Care

Chapter Presentations

Chapter 65. The District Hospital

1. Cost-effectiveness of a Nongovernmental District Hospital in Rural Bangladesh
2. Effectiveness of a Kenyan District Hospital in Preventing Childhood Deaths
3. Theoretical Long-Term Average Cost Curve