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Planning health care in developing countries
Author(s) -
Nambiar B.,
Lewycka S.,
Mwansambo C.,
Costello A.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05290.x
Subject(s) - medicine , health care , health promotion , developing country , medical emergency , quality (philosophy) , population , nursing , environmental health , public health , economic growth , philosophy , epistemology , economics
Summary The major challenge for health care planners lies in integrating health promotion and disease prevention on the one hand and treatment of acute illness and chronic care on the other. This has to be done at all levels of the health system with the aim of delivering quality services equitably and efficiently to the whole population. This is a particular problem as many governments spend less than US $10 per person per year on health. Acute sector healthcare, including anaesthesia, is often deficient under these circumstances.